Article: Your hometown pharmacist: Vytorin, Zocor comparison doesn't put one above other

Article: Data Analysis Showed VYTORIN(R) (ezetimibe/simvastatin) ...
Business Wire;  March 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... weeks: ZETIA 10 mg; Zocor 10, 20, 40 or 80 mg, VYTORIN 10/10, 10/20 ... across all doses of VYTORIN and Zocor that included all ... of patients taking Zocor (p<0.001 ... information about VYTORIN VYTORIN contains simvastatin ...

Article: Merck & Co'S-P initiate Vytorin vs Zocor trial.
Pharma Marketletter;  November 21, 2005 ;     604 words ... ... evaluate the effectiveness of Vytorin compared to Zocor (simvastatin) alone in ... Lipitor (atorvastatin) and Zocor. IMPROVE-IT is a head-to-head study of Vytorin 10mg/ 40mg compared to Zocor 40mg. The primary endpoint ...

Article: FDA backs Vytorin after finishing study review
AP Online;  January 8, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... called ENHANCE showed Vytorin was no better than Zocor at reducing plaque ... added benefit over Zocor. That led several ... patients to abandon Vytorin in favor of older cholesterol ... groups that got either Vytorin or Zocor, there was a significant ...

Article: Forecasting company predicts anticholesterol market share for ...
Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week;  September 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... attempt would be made to aggressively switch Zocor patients to Vytorin right away. "But Merck will want to cannibalize Zocor with Vytorin before the Zocor patent expires in 2006," he said. "Early ...

Article: Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro: Vytorin and Zetia Makers ...
Heart Disease Weekly;  August 23, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... to a generic form of Zocor, defendants marketed Vytorin as a single pill and ... plaque buildup than Zocor alone. The study also showed that Vytorin posed serious safety ... Drug Administration, Vytorin, Zetia, Zocor, Hagens Berman Sobol ...

Article: Vytorin is safe to take.(Life-Health)(Clinical report)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  March 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... is unsafe. The clinical study compared Vytorin to Zocor. Vytorin is a combination product containing simvastatin ... better at preventing plaque. The result: Vytorin didn't work any better than Zocor on plaque. Lost in the media hoopla, however ...

Article: FDA tells patients to keep taking Merck & Co/S-P's Vytorin ...
Pharma Marketletter;  January 19, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... significant difference between Vytorin and Zocor-treated patients in the ... cholesterol in patients with Vytorin versus Zocor. Measuring the thickness ... LDL decreased 56% in the Vytorin group and 39% with Zocor. The agency said that the ...