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LIPITOR HEART MEDICINE NOW AVAILABLE IN PHILIPPINES AS GENERIC ATORVASTATIN, AVAMAX SAVE MONEY

Pfizer sues Unilab over Lipitor drug

Pfizer sells the anti-hypertensive drug under the trade name Lipitor, and its generic name is atorvastatin calcium. Pascual said the patent of Lipitor in the Philippines will expire in 2012.

Unilab recently released its generic version of the medicine under the brand Avamax.

Pascual said Pfizer has also filed a similar case against the manufacturer of Ator tablets, also an Atorvastatin, which were released in the local market even before Avamax.

She said latest data before the implementation of the MRDP shows that Unilab is the leading pharmaceutical company with a 16.3-percent share of the domestic market, while Pfizer comes in second with a 9.6-percent share. http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/business/4530-pfizer-sues-unilab-over-lipitor-drug

READ MORE ABOUT ATORVASTATIN GENERIC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atorvastatin

Atorvastatin (INN) (Lipitor, Pfizer), is a member of the drug class known as statins, used for lowering blood cholesterol. It also stabilizes plaque and prevents strokes through anti-inflammatory and other mechanisms.

Read blogs on drugstores and prices of generic medicines and reduced prices regular drugs

Read about Generic Drugstores in the Philippines (has contact details and addresses) including regular drugstores like Mercury, Roses and Watsons. http://philippinestuff.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/generic-drugstores-in-the-philippines/

Also check many drug prices in the Philippines here http://drugprices.wordpress.com/

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