The Top Pharma List's top 50 pharmaceutical products by global sales ranking is compiled from GlobalData's pharmaceutical revenue figures. Zetia was produced by Merck & Co. and Bayer.
It also pulled development of a combination cholesterol therapy based on Januvia (sitagliptin) and atorvastatin; abandoned another cholesterol drug based on Zetia (ezetimibe) and niacin; and suffered a regulatory setback when
sales of Vytorin and monotherapy Zetia (ezetimibe) from a level above $5bn in 2007.
Zetia (ezetimibe) and Vytorin (ezetimibe/simvastatin), which are approved in the US to reduce cholesterol, are big sellers for Merck, respectively making $2.5bn and $1.7bn during 2012. ... This was later followed by a request for pre-patent approval to
drug Zetia (ezetimibe) climbed 6 per cent to $676m.
Pfizer is to sue Merck over the company's plan to launch a Lipitor-plus-Zetia combination pill in the US. ... Merck is aiming to combine a generic version of Lipitor with its Zetia (ezetimibe) product, which also lowers cholesterol but by a different
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