Aromatase inhibitors like AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN)'s tamoxifen were revolutionary in the treatment of breast cancer.
AstraZeneca PLC (AZN) : I may have saved the best for last in this London-based drugmaker.
Crestor, from AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ) is another option.
Other competitors in the healthcare sector include: Sanofi (SNY), Novartis (NVS), and AstraZeneca (AZN).
But AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ) and Bristol have been furthest ahead.
On Thursday, stock in AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ) has fallen 3%.
The results could help AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ) ignite Crestor sales.
AstraZeneca (AZN) will be reducing its U.S. sales force by 1, 150 leadership and sales positions, the company has said.
To AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ), the results come as something of a shock.
But, the worst damage was done to AstraZeneca's (nyse: AZN - news - people ) cholesterol pill, Crestor.
The deal represents a risky but potentially lucrative gamble for AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ).
Getting doctors to make that switch is very important to London-based AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ).
Merck doesn't get that all to itself--it shares that drug with London's AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people).
Ferdinand conducted such a trial with Crestor, a cholesterol drug from AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ).
AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ), GlaxoSmithkline and Novartis are testing more than a dozen antitumor drugs each.
It might, however, be helpful for other drug firms with new, powerful cholesterol drugs, like AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ).
AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ) found that Iressa, its lung cancer drug, did not extend survival in a clinical trial.
In the last quarter, Zetia generated more revenue than Crestor, a new statin sold by AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ).
AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people )'s blockbuster cholesterol pill Crestor was originally maligned over kidney worries but has since been cleared.
Another possibility that has many doctors excited is Exanta, a new oral anticoagulant being developed by AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ).
Now, AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ) is in late-stage testing for an experimental pill called Exanta that could eventually replace warfarin.
The launch of Crestor, a new cholesterol drug from AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ), seems to be sparing Zocor but hurting competitors.
In the last two years the instruments have been employed in deals proposed by Sanofi-Aventis ( NYSE:SNY), AstraZeneca ( NYSE:AZN) and Ligand Pharmaceuticals ( Nasdaq:LGND), among many others.
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That has made tamoxifen, sold by AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ) as Nolvadex, one of the most used drugs in cancer treatment.
AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ) is trying it with Nexium, the follow-up to ulcer drug Prilosec, once the best-selling drug in the world.
Existing cholesterol-lowering pills like Lipitor and AstraZeneca's (nyse: AZN - news - people ) Crestor reduce the risk of heart attack by at least a third.
AstraZeneca ( AZN - news - people ), et cetera, and to the benefit of a highly seasoned, aggressive, and very capable generics manufacturer like Teva.
Five years ago, he warned against approving AstraZeneca 's (nyse: AZN - news - people ) lung cancer pill Iressa because clinical data were not convincing.
He thinks that sales of Protonix, an ulcer medicine, will be hurt by a generic version of AstraZeneca 's (nyse: AZN - news - people ) Prilosec.
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