The cholesterol drug Crestor (search) is being relabeled to add a warning that starter doses should be reduced in Asian-Americans and some other patients. The Food and Drug Administration said ...

The Food and Drug Administration is raising questions about the cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor, the newest in a class of drugs known as statins. The consumer group Public Citizen has long been ...

BOSTON, May 23-A new analysis of post-marketing safety reports suggests that patients using Crestor (rosuvastatin), a super-potent statin, are more likely to develop serious side effects than patients ...

Federal scientists say AstraZeneca's cholesterol pill Crestor lowers the risk of heart attack, death and stroke in patients without a history of heart disease, though some safety concerns remain. In ...

A federal judge late Tuesday refused to issue an order that would have blocked several companies from selling generic versions of the Crestor cholesterol pill in the US. The decision is a blow to ...

The cholesterol drug Crestor is being relabeled to add a caution that starter doses should be reduced in Asian-Americans and some other patients. The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that ...

A patient taking the cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor has died, the drug's manufacturer reports. The death occurred in December 2004. Initial reports suggested the patient died of a muscle-damaging ...

Crestor (rosuvastatin) and Lipitor (atorvastatin) are the top medications for lowering blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides. High cholesterol (and triglycerides) occurs when the fat in your ...

The end of 2015 saw a number of stories hailing the productivity of the biopharmaceutical industry for another great year in producing new FDA approved drugs. All drugs, however, have a finite life in ...

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc's cholesterol drug Crestor significantly slowed build-up of plaque in the main artery supplying blood to the brain compared with a placebo in a two-year study ...

AstraZeneca won approval Monday to promote its cholesterol fighting drug Crestor for preventing heart disease in a vast new market of people with healthy cholesterol but other heart risks. Crestor won ...