Simvastatin - Merck & Co
At a glance
- Drug Originator Medical University of South Carolina; Merck Sharp & Dohme
- Drug Licenced by Banyu; Biohorm; Dieckmann; Frosst; Lacer; Mediolanum; Merck & Co; Neopharmed Gentili; Sanofi Winthrop; sigma-tau SpA; Tianyin Pharmaceutical
- Drug Class Antihyperlipidaemics; Naphthalenes; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors; Nitric oxide synthase type II inhibitors
- USA Patent Applicants ORGANON
- USA Patents 3
- NDAs 1
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