Generic Crestor Marks The End Of An Era, Should Quickly Outperform PCSK9s

The launch of generic rosuvastatin offers yet another way to calculate the disappointing performance of the PCSK9 inhibitors.

Allergan PLC's generic version of AstraZeneca PLC's blockbuster statin Crestor (rosuvastatin) is likely to need only a few weeks on the US market to surpass total sales of the PCSK9 inhibitors to date.

FDA approved the ANDA for rosuvastatin calcium on April 29, marking the first generic approval of the last statin to lose patent protection. Allergan – the successor firm to Watson Laboratories Inc

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