Re: Zetia-like booster for Pravachol Re:

From: Archimedes Plutonium (a_plutonium_at_iw.net)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 14:33:40 -0500

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 14:28:32 -0500 Archimedes Plutonium wrote:
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> So I wonder if there exists a Zetia like compound that will boost the
> effectiveness of Pravachol and combined with Pravachol's safety record would be
> the top cholesterol drug of the future?? If that be the case and considering that
> Pravachol patent expires 2006 is all the more pressing for Bristol Myers to make
> the necessary research.

If we expand on that logic we would have to ask whether a Zetia like compound exists
that boosts Lipitor, the top selling cholesterol drug. If it does and so the
enthusiasm of Merck for its Zocor + Zetia may be short lived. So what would stop
Pfizer from a Lipitor + Zetialike booster.

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