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Cholesterol Lowering Drugs to Go Over the Counter

  • May 12, 2004

Analysts believe that with Britain on the verge of clearing over-the-counter sales of a top-selling cholesterol drug, the United States will likely be the next big market as regulators warm to the idea of a switch. The FDA in 2000 rejected the initial bid to move Merck's Mevacor and Bristol-Myers Squibb's Pravachol to nonprescription status because of safety concerns. But the agency has taken a more positive view of prescription-to-OTC switches in recent years, boosting chances for a switch...
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