During the first full week that generic Lipitor was available, the brand-name version accounted for less than half of the prescriptions for the cholesterol drug. Generics claimed 59 percent of the ...

Lipitor is the most prescribed name-brand drug in America — nearly 3.5 million people take it every day to control their cholesterol. Since the statin entered the market in 1997, it’s earned ...

Medication used for lowering cholesterol should also be lower in price now that two generic brands have entered the ring. Back in 1996, cholesterol-fighter Lipitor became the fifth drug of its ...

Used by 3.3 million, the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor goes generic this coming Thursday. ... Brand Studio Paramount+ Join Our Talent Community RSS Feeds ...

When a generic is introduced, it typically sells for about 10% to 15% less than the average wholesale price for the brand-name drug. That held true when Lipitor came off-patent, says Jim Yocum, of ...

Cheaper generic versions of the popular cholesterol lowering drug Lipitor will soon be hitting the market. Pfizer Inc.'s patent protection for Lipitor expires on Wednesday.

Sales of cholesterol blockbuster Lipitor plunged by half barely a week after the world's top-selling drug got its first U.S. generic competition, new data show.

One of the most popular drugs in America — cholesterol-lowering Lipitor — just became available as a generic. That’s a boon to those who have to pay more out of pocket when buying a name ...

TRENTON, N.J. – Sales of cholesterol blockbuster Lipitor plunged by half barely a week after the world’s top-selling drug got its first U.S. generic competition, new data show. That&#82… ...

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 ...