“A Godsend”: ProPublica’s Rx Inspector Tool Is Helping People Find Critical Safety Information on Generic Drugs

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Reuters

Merck profit falls, hurt by charges, generic Zocor

NEW YORK, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Merck & Co. said on Tuesday fourth-quarter earnings fell sharply due to special charges and generic competition for its Zocor cholesterol drug, but company sales handily ...
The Eagle

Generic Zocor maker OK'd to market drug

NEW YORK - Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Inc. won final regulatory clearance to market its generic version of cholesterol medication Zocor after a federal judge threw out a motion from a rival ...
ABC News

Feds Allege Ranbaxy Lied About Quality of Drugs

Federal prosecutors say the company misled the U.S. about its low-cost meds. July 14, 2008— -- WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal prosecutors allege that Indian genericdrugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories ...
ABC News

Are You Taking Zocor?

June 20, 2006 — -- This Friday, Merck's patent on the cholesterol - lowering drug Zocor will expire. There will now be a generic version of the drug for sale called Simvastatin. Are you taking ...