[New drug]Pfizer Makes $800 Million Bid To Reshape Heart-Care Market

[New drug]Pfizer Makes $800 Million Bid To Reshape Heart-Care Market
Wall Street Journal ^ | Apr 8, 2004 | SCOTT HENSLEY and RON WINSLOW

Posted on 04/08/2004 2:46:01 AM PDT by The Raven

Edited on 04/22/2004 11:51:27 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Pfizer Inc. has climbed to the top of the global pharmaceutical industry on the shoulders of its blockbuster drug Lipitor, which lowers bad cholesterol. The company's hopes of staying there rest largely on a yet-to-be-proven pill that raises good cholesterol.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: health; healthcare; torcetrapib

I think they need to rethink the name of the pill [torcetrapib???]

1 posted on 04/08/2004 2:46:02 AM PDT by The Raven

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Ha! Yes, it definitely need a new name. Where do they get these names, anyway? Seems like new drugs are named by the same guys that make up names for imported cars.

3 posted on 04/08/2004 4:52:26 AM PDT by RetroSexual

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