Drug Profile
Pitavastatin - Kowa
Alternative Names: Alipza; Itavastatin; Livalo; Livazo; Nisvastatin; NK 104; NK-104-CR; NK-104-LH; NK-104-PH; NKS 104; P 872441; Pitavastatin Calcium; Redevant; Trolise; VezepraLatest Information Update: 15 Jan 2019
Price :
$50
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At a glance
- Originator Nissan Chemical Industries
- Developer AbbVie; Algorithm; Daiichi Sankyo Company; Eli Lilly; ESTEVE; JW Pharmaceutical; Kowa; Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation; Nissan Chemical Industries; Recordati
- Class Antihyperlipidaemics; Carboxylic acids; Cyclopropanes; Fluorobenzenes; Quinolines; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors
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Orphan Drug Status
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Dyslipidaemias; Hypercholesterolaemia; Hyperlipidaemia
- Registered Hyperlipoproteinaemia type IIa
- Discontinued Alzheimer's disease
Most Recent Events
- 15 Jan 2019 The US District Court, Southern District of New York, upholds patent (patent numbers 8 557 993) protection for pitavastatin
- 02 Aug 2018 Merck completes a phase I pharmacokinetic trial in patients with renal insufficiency in USA (PO) (NCT03311841)
- 24 Jun 2018 Biomarkers information updated