Cholesterol Drugs

Have a Placebo

Doug Bremner | Posted 11.28.2008 | Living

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One article in bmj shows that half of doctors prescribe their patients placebos; another shows that 23% of patients on statins were women without heart disease.

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Merck, Schering-Plough Sink on Vytorin

AP | DAMIAN TROISE | Posted 04.08.2008 | Business

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NEW YORK — Shares of Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. fell to record lows Monday, as analysts warned new clinical data would choke sales of...

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Pfizer Pulls Misleading Lipitor Ads

New York TImes | Stephanie Saul | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Under criticism that its ads are misleading, Pfizer said Monday that it would cancel a long-running advertising campaign using the artificial heart pi...

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