On Oct. 10, the FDA classified the recalled prescription medication as a Class II recall. The risk classification from the ...

More than 140,000 bottles of a popular drug commonly prescribed to reduce cholesterol have been recalled for a defect that ...

Several lots of the cholesterol medication atorvastatin were recalled after failed dissolution tests, according to the FDA.

Zocor (simvastatin) and Lipitor (atorvastatin) are both statin drugs, which are medications used to lower cholesterol levels in the blood. Statins primarily work by inhibiting the enzyme HMG-CoA ...

The Food and Drug Administration recalled hundreds of thousands of bottles of the cholesterol drug Atorvastatin Calcium Tablets. The FDA said that nearly 142,000 bottles were recalled because of ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - High doses of Pfizer Inc's Lipitor was more effective than low doses of the cholesterol fighter in reducing arterial inflammation in patients with carotid artery disease, according ...

Both generic atorvastatin and brand-name Lipitor contain the same active ingredient — atorvastatin calcium — and are considered bioequivalent by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The drug is ...

TRENTON, N.J. -- Lipitor, the best-selling drug in the history of pharmaceuticals, is the blockbuster that almost wasn't. When it was in development, the cholesterol-lowering medicine was viewed as ...

Atorvastatin, one of the world’s most widely prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs, has played a major role in reducing heart ...