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Summary Box: The Vytorin question



By AP
02 September 2008 @ 03:58 pm ET

CHOLESTEROL COUNT: Three studies of the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin, funded by its makers, can't prove or rule out a possible link to a higher risk of cancer that emerged this summer.

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EXPERT OPINION: Top editors of the New England Journal of Medicine are urging doctors and patients to use caution and stick with statins if they work well enough. Vytorin contains a now-generic statin, Zocor, and a cholesterol drug that works differently, Zetia.

PHARMACEUTICAL FALLOUT: The findings could hurt sales of pricey Vytorin, plus share of makers Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp.

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