Episode 339 • • 20:27 - 27:26
339: Cocked Pistol
Lipitor Patent Expiration, Alzheimer's Disease Study
A new study linking high cholesterol to Alzheimer's disease is scrutinized as a marketing effort by Pfizer ahead of the Lipitor patent expiration in November 2011. The research, published in Neurology, is noted for being funded by major pharmaceutical companies including Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, and Pfizer.