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• Sales of the cholesterol inhibitor Lescol rose four-fold.
• Statin drugs include Pravachol, Lipitor, Zocor, Mevacor and Lescol.
• Sandoz AG also sells a statin known as Lescol.
• Other patients were on Lescol, Lipitor and Pravachol.
• The research was funded and coordinated by Novartis Pharma AG, which makes Lescol.
• These include cholestorol-lowering product Lescol, asthma treatment Foradil, and cancer drug Aredia.
• Five brands are available : Lipitor, Zocor, Pravachol, Lescol, Mevacor and Baycol.
• Lescol, a lipid-lowering drug, posted sales of 245 million francs, Sandoz said.
• There are four other statins being given to patients _ Lipitor, Zocor, Mevacor and Lescol.
• Sales of Lescol, a lipid-lowering drug, rose 104 percent in the first nine months.
• Sandoz, meanwhile, said its lipid-lowering agent called Lescol and its antifungal drug Lamisil expanded strongly.
• Lescol sales rose 35 percent, while sales of Foradil and Aredia increased by 68 percent and 80 percent respectively.
• Their brand names, in addition to Mevacor, are Zocor, Pravachol, Lescol, Baycol, and Lipitor.
• About half were given the statin drug fluvastatin, or Lescol, and the other half got a fake pill.
• Statins, introduced in the late 1980s, include drugs sold under the names Mevacor, Pravacol, Zocor, and Lescol.
• Among Novartis'other drugs, solid growth in hypertension medication Diovan and cholesterol reduction drug Lescol helped boost second quarter sales.
• Merck, in addition to Zocor, sells Mevacor, while Bristol-Myers Squibb sells Pravachol, and Sandoz Pharmaceuticals sells Lescol.
• The company said sales were lifted by drugs such as Lescol, which lowers cholesterol, and Lamisil, a treatment for fungal conditions.
• Benefits were found even in patients with normal cholesterol levels who took fluvastatin, sold in the United States under the brand name Lescol.
• Heart problems developed in 21.4 percent of the Lescol group, compared with 26.7 percent of patients given dummy pills.