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...have made the cost of developing a single drug between $400 and $600 million -- about four times what it was 20 years ago. A combined Glaxo and SmithKline could have sunk $3 billion into research and development, compared to $1.8 billion for Novartis AG and $1.5 billion each for Merck & Co. and Pfizer...
...women with normal and near normal cholesterol levels, treatment with Mevacor reduced the incidence of first coronary events such as heart attack or unstable angina 36%. Unfortunately, the article incorrectly cited the generic name of Mevacor as pravastatin. The correct generic name is lovastatin. JOHN BLOOMFIELD, Director, Public Affairs Merck & Co., Inc. West Point...
...results, though dramatic, have met with some skepticism. The study was funded by Merck & Co., which sells pravastatin under the name Mevacor. Regular Mevacor treatments can cost $1,200 a year, and with 8 million people in the U.S. having slightly elevated cholesterol, Merck could have a huge new market. For now, however, doctors are impressed, concluding that what's good for Merck could also be good for patients...
...drug is Propecia, and it works by suppressing a hormone that shrinks hair follicles. A Merck study of 1,553 men found 86 percent of those who took Propecia grew more hair or maintained the amount they...
WASHINGTON: Call it Rogaine without the greasy mess. Scientists at pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. told the FDA today they can regrow hair on a barren pate ? with a pill...