International Business News - Vytorin http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A House committee investigating the safety and effectiveness of the popular cholesterol drug Vytorin and one of its components is turning up the heat on the drug's makers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/house-committee-widens-probe-of-vytorin-safety.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:47:58 EDT Shares of partner drugmakers Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. fell Tuesday after experts, reacting to new findings on a possible cancer link to the companies' cholesterol fighter Vytorin, essentially urged patients to avoid the drug if possible. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/docs-caution-hurts-merck-schering-plough-shares.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:09:59 EDT 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. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/summary-box-the-vytorin-question.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:58:09 EDT Results so far from three studies of the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin are not enough to prove or rule out a possible link to a higher risk of cancer, so the drug should be used with caution until more is known, editors of a leading medical journal urged Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/study-no-proof-of-vytorin-link-to-cancer.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:43:32 EDT Federal drug safety regulators said Thursday they are investigating whether the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin can increase patients' risk of developing cancer. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/fda-investigates-possible-vytorin-link-to-cancer.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:28:36 EDT Federal drug safety regulators said Thursday they are investigating whether the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin can increase patients' risk of developing cancer. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/113613-vytorin-cancer-risk.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/lawmakers-demand-study-data-on-vytorin-cancer-risk.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/lawmakers-demand-study-data-on-vytorin-cancer-risk.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:54:50 EDT Vytorin partners Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. have prepared a letter for physicians who might be concerned over recent study results that showed patients taking the cholesterol drug were at higher risk of dying from cancer. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/merck-and-schering-plough-prepare-vytorin-letter.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:29:22 EDT In the latest disappointment over cholesterol pill Vytorin, a major European study in patients with heart valve disease found the drug didn't prevent worsening of the disease or lower the need for valve surgery. Its makers' shares plunged about 15 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/94980-schering-plough-merck-delay.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/schering-plough-mercks-vytorin-misses-main-goal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/schering-plough-mercks-vytorin-misses-main-goal.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:34:45 EDT