Only one thing came to mind: he had recently started taking the statin drug Lipitor.
他唯一能够想到的：最近开始服用他汀类药物立普妥。
Pfizer, maker of Lipitor, the world’s most prescribed drug, says Lipitor sales are down 13%.
胆固清是世界上最常用的处方药，其制造商瑞辉公司称胆固清销量也下降了13%。
(Pfizer, which makes Lipitor, responds in part that "managing cardiovascular disease risk factors is complicated").
制造立普妥的辉瑞公司做出了部分回应：对心血管疾病的各项风险因素进行管理是错综复杂的。
His cholesterol, for years managed with the help of the prescription medication Lipitor, is at 140, down from 180 before he changed his diet.
他的胆固醇多年来靠处方药物立普妥维持，而现在改变饮食后，从180降到140。
When patents on blockbusters like Lipitor run out, generic competition ensures that prices collapse quickly-sometimes to a tenth of their former levels.
像立普妥这样的拳头产品的专利过期时，来自仿制药的竞争使其价格暴跌，有时不足原价的十分之一。
There were 24 fatal strokes, or 1%, in the Lipitor group, compared with 41, or 1.7%, of patients taking a placebo.
服用力普妥的一组，中风死亡24人，占1%；而服用安慰剂的一组，中风死亡41人，占1.7%。
The Lipitor patients had the added benefit of having one-third fewer heart attacks and lower cholesterol levels, researchers said.
研究人员说，服用力普妥的患者还受益于其他方面：心脏病发作减少了三分之一，并且降低了胆固醇水平。
The Lipitor educational programs were run by companies paid by Pfizer through "unrestricted educational grants," the lawsuit says.
诉讼称，立普妥教育计划的运行是辉瑞通过“无限制的教育赠与”资助的。
During the study, 265 of the patients on Lipitor, or 11.2%, had another stroke, compared with 311, or 13.1%, of those on a placebo.
在研究进行期间，服用力普妥的患者中有265人，或者说，有11.2%中风复发。相比之下，服用安慰剂的患者中有311人，即13.1%再度中风。
As big blockbusters such as Pfizer’s Lipitor go off patent, the industry is about to lose tens of billions of dollars in revenues to generics manufacturers.
降血脂类明星产品,辉瑞药业的利普妥专利过期之后, 非专利类制造商将抢走该公司预计高达数百亿美元的收入.
Q. I avoid grapefruit juice because my doctor says it affects how my body handles the Lipitor I take for my cholesterol. Should I also stay away from pomelo?
问：我避开葡萄柚汁，因为我的医生说它影响我的身体如何对待我为了血脂服用的立普妥。我是否也应该远离柚子？
Pfizer had bet heavily that Torcetrapib, a novel cholesterol remedy it was developing, would be the blockbuster to replace Lipitor and help save the company.
辉瑞正在研发新胆固醇药物托彻普，并希望其代替立普妥成为新一代拳头产品来拯救公司。这是一场豪赌。
Nonetheless, the multistep process has worked well for several cholesterol drugs - including Lipitor and Zocor, which are in a class of drugs known as statins.
虽然如此，对Lipitor和Zocor等含他汀(statins)成分的降脂药物来说，这种多级过程却实施得不错。
The Justice Department also said the pharmaceutical giant provided kickbacks to health-care providers to encourage them to prescribe other drugs, including Lipitor, Viagra and Zoloft.
司法部还声称，辉瑞公司还提供给医疗服务供给者以回扣，并且鼓励他们开其它的药物，包括立普妥，伟哥以及左洛复。
In the clinical trials for Lipitor, the most commonly reported adverse reactions in patients were: inflammation of the nasal passages, joint pain, diarrhea, and urinary tract infection.
在有关利普妥的临床试验中，在患者中最常见的不良反应为：鼻道炎症、关节痛、腹泻和泌尿道感染。
He said the educational programs for doctors deliberately misrepresented the drug's label to encourage Lipitor therapy for people in the moderate-risk category who didn't need the drug.
他说医学教育项目故意误传药物的适应症，鼓励中危的不需要立普妥的人也进行立普妥治疗。
A former Pfizer Inc. official in a lawsuit accused the company of illegally boosting sales of its top-selling drug Lipitor through an elaborate campaign of misleading educational programs for doctors.
辉瑞公司的一名前官员在一起诉讼中起诉公司通过精心策划的提供给医生的容易使人误解的教育项目而非法提高其热销药立普妥的销量。
A former Pfizer Inc. official in a lawsuit accused the company of illegally boosting sales of its top-selling drug Lipitor through an elaborate campaign of misleading educational programs for doctors.
辉瑞公司的一名前官员在一起诉讼中起诉公司通过精心策划的提供给医生的容易使人误解的教育项目而非法提高其热销药立普妥的销量。
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