Category Health

Cholesterol Control Drug Causes Cancer

The best-selling statin is atorvastatin which in 2003 became the best-selling pharmaceutical in history, with Pfizer reporting sales of US$12.4 billion in 2008., is now fond to be a cause for Breast Cancer in women.

Earlier Studies were conducted on women for Five years, did not reveal any contraindications, side effects.

But recent research has proved that Statin causes Breast Cancer, in addition to Myositis and myopathy,and Diabetes

Women who take statins for more than a decade face double the risk of contracting the most common type of breast cancer.

Nine Over Pricing Drug Firms Ranbaxy Cipla Fined

I have posted on how Ranbaxy and Johnson and Johnson sell at a higher price/spurious products and how Johnson and Johnson is relaunching the same product that was whose licence was canceled for using a Carcinogen in the formula.

That the drug companies over price is well-known.

Some Retailers allow a discount of 20% on MRP, while periodically going on strike for increased margins.

On checking up with a Retailer well known to% discount , in some products, they make at least 30 % Margin!

Imagine the profit the Drug Companies are making!

The net profit of the Drug Companies are making is very high after paying out millions of Dollars paid out to doctors for prescribing their products!