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The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 264 No 7090 p522
April 1, 2000 Products

Prescription products

Zocor tablets

Zocor packaging Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd has launched Zocor (simvastatin) 80mg tablets (net price, 28 £33.40). The company says that this new strength has significant additional lipid lowering efficacy compared with the commonly prescribed doses of statins and shows no associated increases in side effects over the 40mg dose.

Correction (PJ, April 8, 2000)

The price for Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd's Zocor 80mg tablets is £29.69 for 28 days' supply.