MIAMI (CBS4) – Cheaper generic versions of the popular cholesterol lowering drug Lipitor will soon be hitting the market. The Food and Drug Administration only gives pharmaceutical companies exclusive ...

Ingesting glass does not lower your cholesterol, but patients taking Ranbaxy's generic version of Pfizer's blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor might be doing just that. Ranbaxy announced ...

If you're one of the millions of women taking medication to protect your heart, you already know how much these prescriptions ...

Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. has recalled more than 40 lots of its generic version of the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor from the U.S. market after finding batches containing small glass particles.

Some 8.7 million Americans take Lipitor for high cholesterol. Starting Wednesday, they might get a different-looking pill when they go to fill a prescription and pay much less for it. That's the day ...

Last week Lipitor became a generic drug. Get used to saying “atorvastatin”, the generic name; it will be worth the effort. Lipitor is the greatest drug in history: $130 billion of cumulative revenue ...

The cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor-- the best-selling prescription drug in world history -- will be available as a generic drug beginning Nov. 30. Lipitor's generic name is atorvastatin. Two ...

The late great Joan Rivers once joked about snorting Lipitor before hitting the stage. That should give you an idea of just how thoroughly this cholesterol medication has infiltrated the mainstream.

Pfizer will resume DTC advertising for its blockbuster statin drug, Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium)–but this time the pitchman isn’t so famous. Pfizer took heat from federal regulators and the media ...