The researchers said simvastatin and other so-called " statin " cholesterol drugs may be more cost effective than popular blood pressure treatments that are used by five times as many patients.
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Novartis, which makes blood pressure treatment Diovan and anti-leukemia drug Gleevec, withdrew from the race late Sunday, signaling unwillingness to be drawn into a bidding war for Aventis against its government-backed rival.
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Merck introduced Cozaar, a promising new type of blood pressure treatment, in Europe and withdrew the drug from the Du Pont Merck Pharmaceutical Co . joint venture, paying Du Pont $ 499 million.
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Last year, Sanofi and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co . of the U . S . filed for approval to sell Irbesartan, a blood pressure treatment, in the U . S . and the European Union.
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The twist, he said, is that a large number of blockbuster drugs are starting to lose patent protection, including billion-dollar sellers such as the ulcer drug Prilosec and the high blood pressure treatment Zestril.
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The positive rating comes a day after Merck said earnings rose 11 percent in the fourth quarter on stronger sales of its newer products, including the osteoporosis drug Fosamax and the high blood-pressure treatment Cozaar.
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The division's results were fueled in particular by growth in sales of the high blood pressure treatment Diovan, up 37 percent to 2.58 billion francs ( US $ 1.88 billion ), and cancer drug Glivec.
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Last year, Sanofi and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co . of the U . S . filed for approval to sell Irbesartan, a high blood pressure treatment, in the U . S . and the European Union.
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On 5 October 2007, the registry of the ICTY announced their assessment of Tolimir's health as " grave, fragile and highly alarming ", and that Tolimir was refusing blood pressure treatment for an inoperable brain aneurysm.
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Merck's high blood pressure treatment Vasotec goes off patent next month, but Yaffe believes that the company's five key drugs are " growing so rapidly that they will more than offset the negative growth from Vasotec.
