Pharmaceutical firm Actavis has reached an agreement with big pharma’s AstraZeneca to launch a generic version of the latter’s cholesterol-fighting drug Crestor in 2016. Actavis agreed to launch its ...

MUMBAI, India The Food and Drug Administration has given tentative approval to a generic cholesterol drug made by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries. Sun announced Wednesday the tentative approval of ...

FDA approves Crestor’s generic rivals, much to Astrazeneca’s dismay The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved several generic versions of the popular cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor, ...

LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc said on Wednesday it had filed patent infringement actions in the United States against seven generic drugmakers, which have submitted plans to sell generic versions ...

(Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday refused to issue a temporary restraining order blocking the approval of new generic versions of AstraZeneca's blockbuster cholesterol drug Crestor in the United ...

Statins are among the most commonly prescribed medications for reducing high cholesterol and lowering the risk of heart attack and stroke. People searching for popular statin medications are often ...

Crestor is managing for use in patients and children who are at least 8 cases old. While there are other conjugations on the market that are used to reduce these conditions, there is not sure a drug ...

DALLAS -- Contrary to government claims, side effects happen more often with Crestor, a cholesterol-lowering drug that consumer advocates tried to get off the market earlier this year, a new analysis ...

In a head-to-head test of two popular cholesterol-lowering statin drugs — Lipitor and Crestor — both medications worked equally well. Lipitor (atorvastatin) and Crestor (rosuvastatin) both effectively ...