Merck wants Mevacor sold over-counter
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Merck & Co. is making a third try to sell the granddaddy of the famed cholesterol-lowering statin drugs without a prescription.
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Merck can&#39;t expect any immediate relief from the medicine that was supposed to replace Vioxx, the pain medication it took off the market.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb plans to ask US regulators to allow it to sell Pravachol over the counter, in a move that could shake up the growing, lucrative market for cholesterol-reducing drugs.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said Friday that it plans to pursue Food and Drug Administration approval to sell an over-the-counter version of its cholesterol-lowering drug, Pravachol.
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Merck &amp; Co. said the US Food and Drug Administration has requested additional safety and efficacy information on its Vioxx successor, Arcoxia, before it considers granting US approval for the drug.
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BETHESDA, Md.  - U.S. advisers are set to decide  on Friday whether they will recommend approval for Merck & Co.  Inc.'s plan to sell a cholesterol-lowering medicine on  drugstore shelves without a prescription.
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Law &amp; Order: Pharmaceutical Unit. Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) Chief Executive Raymond V. Gilmartin may testify in some of the many lawsuits filed over the Vioxx recall, a company lawyer said.
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Merck next month will make its second try for approval to sell cholesterol drug Mevacor without a prescription. If the Food and Drug Administration approves, cholesterol drugs would
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Merck & Co.'s Inc.'s cholesterol-lowering drug Mevacor would benefit patients who take it properly over the counter, but an advisory panel should weigh the risks if people take higher-than-recommended doses, U.S. regulatory staff said in documents released on Wednesday.
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U.S. regulators said on Friday they would review whether to take action over Merck & Co Inc's and Schering-Plough Corp's popular cholesterol drug Vytorin after a study showed it was no better than a generic in preventing the build-up of fatty plaque.
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A U.S. advisory panel on Friday urged regulators to reject over-the-counter sales of Merck & Co. Inc.'s  cholesterol-lowering drug Mevacor.
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The pharmaceutical sells European rights to a promising asthma drug.
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WASHINGTON Nov 7, 2004 - Sales of over-the-counter drugs to treat the flu may help the government more quickly spot local outbreaks.
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Federal advisers rejected Merck &amp; Co.'s quest to become the first American drug maker to sell cholesterol-fighting statins over the counter, saying the company's own studies raised potential health risks while offering modest life-saving benefits.
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The Medicines Company reacquires its own drug.
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An automated external defibrillator for use at home can now be sold over the counter, the Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday.
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People taking Vioxx may feel betrayed now that the popular painkiller and arthritis medicine has been pulled from the market. Merck, the manufacturer of the drug, and the US Food and Drug Administration knew