Expert interpretation by: Helen Williams Pharmacy Team Leader Cardiac Services, King's College Hospital. The TNT study was designed to investigate the benefit of an intensive lipid-lowering regimen, which happened to use atorvastatin. It was not designed to demonstrate the superiority of atorvastatin per se. The study recruited patients with stable CHD and LDL levels less than 3.4mmol L. The inclusion criteria reflect the type of patients with CHD most commonly managed within primary care. The study was powered for a primary composite end-point of CHD death, nonfatal MI, resuscitated arrest and fatal or non-fatal stroke. Overall, intensive lipid lowering reduced the occurrence of the primacy-end-point by 2.2% relative risk reduction 22%; p 0.001 ; . Intensive treatment also significantly reduced the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events. The results show the advantage of lowering LDL cholesterol further than the current lipid targets in the UK the intensive treatment group achieved a mean LDL of 2.0mmol L compared to 2.6mmol L in the comparator group receiving `moderate' statin therapy. Current UK guidance in general practice recommends that LDL cholesterol should be reduced to less than 3.0mmol L total cholesterol 5.0mmol L ; new lipid targets are expected from the Joint British Societies later this year' although these are unlikely to be reflected in the GMS contract for GPs until April 2006 at the earliest. European and American guidance already reflects the need to be more aggressive in managing lipids in patients at risk of cardiac events. The TNT study does also flag some areas of concern. The study was not powered to look at the effect of intensive therapy on mortality as a sole end-point, and no significant difference in mortality rates was seen between the two groups. However, while there was an encouraging trend towards a reduction in CV mortality in the intensively treated group this was matched by a trend towards increased non-CV deaths. This has raised questions over the safety of intensive lipid lowering across a wider population, and in particular the safety of using high-dose atorvastatin routinely in the stable CHD population. In addition to the mortality issue, TNT reported a significantly higher incidence of adverse effects in the intensively treated group, with more treatment discontinuations. Persistent elevations in liver enzymes occurred more frequently with high-dose atorvastatin, than with the lower dose. In summary, the study demonstrates that an intensive lipid lowering strategy gives an. As discussed above, the risks of rehospitalisation and death are paradoxically higher in patients with NSTEMI than those with STEMI as the latter tends to be a completed event. These risks are dependent on the patient's individual risk factors and the treatment of the original event. Patients with multiple risk factors, such as those with diabetes and poorly controlled hypertension, individuals of South Asian descent, and women in general, are more likely to do badly. The elderly tend to have more severe and diffuse disease. Non-interventional management of NSTEMI is less efficient than that incorporating PCI. Immediate PCI offers little advantage in NSTEMI but should be carried out if the patient is unstable or symptomatic in hospital. Published event rates are driven by the tendency to combine the figures for death and repeat infarction more significant to the patient ; with those for revascularisation more significant to the healthcare system administrators and politicians paying for treatments ; . In stable coronary patients the one-year rate for death, repeat infarction or need for revascularisation is around 1012%. Overall one-year event rates following an acute coronary syndrome NSTEMI ; are about 2025%, and 1520% following STEMI. Patients at higher risk see above ; may have much higher rates, particularly if repeat revascularisation is included. As time progresses, recurrence becomes less related to the presenting coronary segment and more to new, because atorvastatin ppt.

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Forcing Americans to pay supra-competitive prices for atorvastatin, it also causes significant harm to the public health by denying millions of Americans the medical treatment they need and deserve. Although these issues are not grounds to grant this request for reexamination, PUBPAT respectfully requests they be considered in determining whether or not a substantial new question of patentability exists and, ultimately, whether the `156 patent should be revoked in its entirety. THE SUBSTANTIAL NEW QUESTIONS OF PATENTABILITY The substantial new questions of patentability raised by this request are 1 ; whether all claims of the ' patent were anticipated by U.S. Patent No. 5, 273, 995 to Roth 156 "Roth" ; and 2 ; whether all claims of the ' patent were anticipated by U.S. Patent No. 156 5, 686, to Mills et al. "Mills" ; Roth and Mills are, collectively, "the Cited Prior Art" ; .5 These are substantial new questions of patentability because neither of the Cited Prior Art were applied during prosecution of the `156 patent and they each individually disclose the purported invention of the ' patent, while the prior art that was applied during prosecution of the `156 156 patent did not. A detailed explanation of the pertinency and manner of applying each of the Cited Prior Art to every claim of the `156 patent is set forth below. THE CITED PRIOR ART EACH ANTICIPATE EVERY CLAIM OF THE '156 PATENT The ' patent application date is July 17, 1995. As such, since Roth issued on 156 December 28, 1993, more than a year before the application date of the ' patent, it is prior art 156 to the ' patent under 35 U.S.C. 102 b ; , and since Mills' 156 effective application date is January 19, 1993, prior to the application date of the ' patent, it is prior art to the ' patent under 35 156 U.S.C. 102 e ; . Each of the 44 claims of the ' patent claim crystalline atorvastatin. ' patent, 156 crystallized" atorvastatin and claim 4 claimed "[a] stable pharmaceutical composition . wherein the active ingredient is CI-981 Hemi-Calcium of Formula IA ; . and wherein the stabilizing pharmaceutically acceptable metal salt additive is calcium carbonate." Mills, column 8, line 61 column 9, line 30 and column 15, lines 40 58. Further, note that Mills incorporated the teachings of Roth discussed above. Mills, column 4, lines 54 55. Therefore, each of the claims of the ' patent are invalid under 35 U.S.C. 102 e ; as being anticipated by Mills. 156 The ' patent attempts to distinguish itself over certain identified prior art 156 patents by stating they only "disclose amorphous atorvastatin." ' patent, column 1, lines 62 156 63. And, indeed, the single prior art reference applied in the prosecution of the ' patent was 156 believed by the Examiner to only disclose amorphous atorvastatin. However, as discussed above, both Roth and Mills both disclose crystalline atorvastatin. Therefore, this argument cannot distinguish the ' patent claims from Roth and Mills. 156 Further, the ' patent attempts to distinguish itself over the prior art by stating it 156 discloses "atorvastatin in a pure and crystalline form to enable formulations to meet exacting pharmaceutical requirements and specifications." ' patent, column 1, lines 52 54. 156 However, none of the claims of the ' patent contain any limitation regarding pharmaceutical 156 requirements or specifications, and both Roth and Mills taught atorvastatin in the form of a pharmaceutical product. Roth, column 2, lines 39 40 "The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition" ; and Mills, column 11, lines 20 43 disclosing a "Method of Preparation of [Atorvastatin] Pharmaceutical Composition" ; . Therefore, this argument cannot distinguish the ' patent claims from Roth and Mills. 156.

Use of atorvastatin Generic lipitor-atorvastatin is only part of a total cholesterol-lowering program. Resulted in a statistically significant decrease in the difference of LDL-C from the baseline compared with atorvastatin 10 mg Table 4 ; . At the endpoint assessment week 24 ; , treatment with E S 10 mg resulted in a significantly greater mean decrease in LDL-C from and axid. Atorvastatin fibrinogen ANTIRETROVIRALS NRTIs- abacavir Ziagen ; , abacavir lamivudine Epzicom ; , abacavir lamivudine zidovudine Trizivir ; , didanosine ddI, Videx ; , emtricitabine Emtriva ; , lamivudine Epivir, 3TC ; , lamivudine zidovudine Combivir ; , stavudine d4T, Zerit ; , tenofovir Viread ; , tenofovir emtricitabine Truvada ; , zalcitabine ddC, Hivid ; , zidovudine AZT, Retrovir ; . PIs- amprenavir Agenerase ; , atazanavir Reyataz ; , fos-amprenavir calcium Lexiva ; , indinavir Crixivan ; , lopinavir ritonavir Kaletra ; , nelfinavir Viracept ; , ritonavir Norvir ; , saquinavir Fortovase, Invirase ; . NNRTIs- delavirdine Rescriptor ; , efavirenz Sustiva ; , nevirapine Viramune ; . Otherhydroxyurea Hydrea ; . Entry Inhibitors- enfuvirtide Fuzeon ; . OI DRUGS PHS "A1 OI"s- acyclovir Zovirax ; , amphotericin B Fungizone B ; , azithromycin, cidofovir Vistide ; clarithromycin Biaxin ; , famciclovir Famvir ; , fluconazole Diflucan ; , foscarnet Foscavir ; , ganciclovir Cytovene ; , itraconazole Sporonox ; , leucovorin, pyrimethamine, sulfadiazine, TMP SMX Bactrim ; . Other OIsamoxicillin, amoxicillin Pot. Clavulante Augmentin ; , atovaquone Mepron ; , cefuroxime, cephalexin Keflex ; , ciprofloxacin Cipro ; , clindamycin Cleocin ; , clotrimazole Mycelex, Lotrimin ; , dapsone, dicloxacillin, doxycycline, erythropoietin Epogen, Procrit ; , ethambutol Myambutol ; , filgrastim G-CSF, Neupogen ; , gatifloxacin Tequin ; , gentamicin, ketoconazole Nizoral ; , metronidazole Flagyl ; , nystatin, ofloxacin Floxin ; , paromomycin Humatin ; , penicillin G Benzathine Bicillin ; , penicillin V Potassium Veetids ; , pentamidine Pentam 30, NebuPent ; , Prednisone, primaquine, rifabutin Mycobutin ; , terconazole Terazol 3 & 7 ; , trimethoprim Proloprim ; , valcyclovir Valtrex ; , valganciclovir Valcyte ; , voriconazole Vfend ; . Hepatitis C- peg-interferon alfa-2b & ribavirin Peg-Intron Rebetol ; , peg-interferon alfa-2a & ribavirin Pegasys Copegus ; , peg-interferon alfa-2b Peg-Intron Redipen ; . TREATMENTS FOR METABOLIC DISORDERS Cardiac- atenolol Tenormin ; , diltiazem HCL Cardizem ; , enalapril Maleate Vasotec ; , furosemide, hydrochlorothiazide HCTZ ; , isosorbide Dinitrate Isordil ; , isosorbide mononitrate Imdur ; , labetalol HCL Normodyne ; , lanoxin Digoxin ; , lisinopril Prinivil, Zestril ; , metoprolol Succinate Toprol-XL ; , minoxidil, nitroglycerin, spironolactone, verapamil Covera HS ; . Diabetic- glipizide, glyburide, insulin NPH, insulin regula, metformin HCL Glucophage ; , pioglitazone HCL Actos ; , rosiglitazone Maleate Avandia ; . Hyperlipidemiaatorvastatin Lipitor ; , cholestyramine Questran ; , clofibrate Atromid-S ; , fenofibrate Tricor ; , gemfibrozil Lopid ; , pravastatin Pravachol ; . Wasting- dronabinol Marinol ; , megestrol acetate Megace ; , nandrolone deconoate DecaDuranbolin ; , oxandrolone Oxandrin ; , oxymetholone Anadrol-50 ; , testosterone Androgel ; , testosterone Androderm ; , testosterone cypionate Depo-Testosterone ; . Continued.

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Many nutritionally oriented doctors recommend that people taking hmg-coa reductase inhibitor drugs such as atorvastatin also supplement with approximately 100 mg coq10 per day, although lower doses, such as 10. Secretion for GnRH and the relationship to the therapeutic uses of synthetic analogs c ; Mode of administration and therapeutic considerations: intermittent infertility ; versus continuous administration endometriosis, uterine fibroids, prostate cancer ; , precocious puberty d ; Adverse effects of GnRH and analogs as therapeutic agents when used to treat infertility, prostatic carcinoma, endometriosis, central precocious puberty e ; Steroidogenic actions uses diagnostic therapeutic ; and adverse effects of follicle stimulating hormone FSH ; , luteinizing hormone LH ; and human chorionic gonadotropin hCG ; . Drugs to Consider: follitropin alfa beta GANIRELIX Gonadorelin Goserelin HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN hCG ; LEUPROLIDE Menotropins Nafrelin UROFOLLITROPIN 4 ; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone ACTH ; related drugs a ; Describe the utility of the rapid ACTH stimulation test in and azulfidine.
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Or insulin, ACTOS improved glycemic control in both males and females. In controlled clinical trials, hemoglobin A1c HbA1c ; decreases from baseline were generally greater for females than for males average mean difference in HbA1c 0.5% ; . Since therapy should be individualized for each patient to achieve glycemic control, no dose adjustment is recommended based on gender alone. Ethnicity: Pharmacokinetic data among various ethnic groups are not available. Drug-Drug Interactions The following drugs were studied in healthy volunteers with a co-administration of ACTOS 45 mg once daily. Listed below are the results: Oral Contraceptives: Co-administration of ACTOS 45 mg once daily ; and an oral contraceptive 1 mg norethindrone plus 0.035 mg ethinyl estradiol once daily ; for 21 days, resulted in 11% and 11-14% decrease in ethinyl estradiol AUC 0-24h ; and Cmax respectively. There were no significant changes in norethindrone AUC 0-24h ; and Cmax. In view of the high variability of ethinyl estradiol pharmacokinetics, the clinical significance of this finding is unknown. Fexofenadine HCI: Co-administration of ACTOS for 7 days with 60 mg fexofenadine administered orally twice daily resulted in no significant effect on pioglitazone pharmacokinetics. ACTOS had no significant effect on fexofenadine pharmacokinetics. Glipizide: Co-administration of ACTOS and 5 mg glipizide administered orally once daily for 7 days did not alter the steady-state pharmacokinetics of glipizide. Digoxin: Co-administration of ACTOS with 0.25 mg digoxin administered orally once daily for 7 days did not alter the steady-state pharmacokinetics of digoxin. Warfarin: Co-administration of ACTOS for 7 days with warfarin did not alter the steady-state pharmacokinetics of warfarin. ACTOS has no clinically significant effect on prothrombin time when administered to patients receiving chronic warfarin therapy. Metformin: Co-administration of a single dose of metformin 1000 mg ; and ACTOS after 7 days of ACTOS did not alter the pharmacokinetics of the single dose of metformin. Midazolam: Administration of ACTOS for 15 days followed by a single 7.5 mg dose of midazolam syrup resulted in a 26% reduction in midazolam C max and AUC. Ranitidine HCI: Co-administration of ACTOS for 7 days with ranitidine administered orally twice daily for either 4 or 7 days resulted in no significant effect on pioglitazone pharmacokinetics. ACTOS showed no significant effect on ranitidine pharmacokinetics. Nifedipine ER: Co-administration of ACTOS for 7 days with 30 mg nifedipine ER administered orally once daily for 4 days to male and female volunteers resulted in least square mean 90% Cl ; values for unchanged nifedipine of 0.83 0.73-0.95 ; for Cmax and 0.88 0.80-0.96 ; for AUC. In view of the high variability of nifedipine pharmacokinetics, the clinical significance of this finding is unknown. Ketoconazole: Co-administration of ACTOS for 7 days with ketoconazole 200 mg administered twice daily resulted in least square mean 90% Cl ; values for unchanged pioglitazone of 1.14 1.06 - 1.23 ; for Cmax, 1.34 1.26 - 1.41 ; for AUC and 1.87 1.71 - 2.04 ; for Cmin. Atorvasttatin Calcium: Co-administration of ACTOS for 7 days with atorvastatin calcium LIPITOR ; 80 mg once daily resulted in least square mean 90% Cl ; values for unchanged pioglitazone of 0.69 0.57 - 0.85 ; for Cmax, 0.76 0.65 0.88 ; for AUC and 0.96 0.87 - 1.05 ; for Cmin. For unchanged atorvastatin the least square mean 90% Cl ; values were 0.77 0.66 - 0.90 ; for Cmax, 0.86 0.78 - 0.94 ; for AUC and 0.92 0.82 - 1.02 ; for Cmin. Theophylline: Co-administration of ACTOS for 7 days with theophylline 400 mg administered twice daily resulted in no change in the pharmacokinetics of either drug. Cytochrome P450: See PRECAUTIONS. Pharmacodynamics and Clinical Effects Clinical studies demonstrate that ACTOS improves insulin sensitivity in insulin-resistant patients. ACTOS enhances cellular responsiveness to insulin, increases insulin-dependent glucose disposal, improves hepatic sensitivity to insulin, and improves dysfunctional glucose homeostasis. In patients with type 2 diabetes, the decreased insulin resistance produced by ACTOS results in lower plasma glucose concentrations, lower plasma insulin levels, and lower HbA1c values. Based on results from an open-label extension study, the glucose lowering effects of ACTOS appear to persist for at least one year. In controlled clinical trials, ACTOS in combination with sulfonylurea, metformin, or insulin had an additive effect on glycemic control. Patients with lipid abnormalities were included in clinical trials with ACTOS. Overall, patients treated with ACTOS had mean decreases in triglycerides, mean increases in HDL cholesterol, and no consistent mean changes in LDL and total cholesterol. In a 26-week, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging study, mean triglyceride levels decreased in the 15 mg, 30 mg, and 45 mg ACTOS dose groups compared to a mean increase in the placebo group. Mean HDL levels increased to a greater extent in patients treated with ACTOS than in the placebo-treated patients. There were no consistent differences for LDL and total cholesterol in patients treated with ACTOS compared to placebo Table 1 ; . Table 1 Lipids in a 26-Week Placebo-Controlled Monotherapy Dose-Ranging Study.
To that of the other marketed statins. Rosuvastatin undergoes only minor metabolism 10% of the administered dose ; by the cytochrome P-450 2C9 isoenzyme. Significant drug interactions were reported with cyclosporine, gemfibrozil, warfarin, and antacids. Evidence suggests that rosuvastatin will be a valuable addition to the choices for treatment of patients with dyslipidemia. Conclusion. Rosuvastatin has greater efficacy in lowering LDL cholesterol and nonHDL-cholesterol concentrations than the other statins. It has been shown to enable more patients to reach their LDL cholesterol goals than other statins and to do so with an acceptable safety profile. Index terms: Antacids; Anticoagulants; Antilipemic agents; Atorvastatin; Cyclosporine; Dosage; Drug administration; Drug comparisons; Drug interactions; Gemfibrozil; Hyperlipidemia; Immunosuppressive agents; Metabolism; Pharmacokinetics; Pravastatin; Rosuvastatin; Simvastatin; Toxicity; Warfarin J Health-Syst Pharm. 2005; 62: 103347.

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Statins include atorvastatin Lipitor ; , fluvastatin Lescol ; , lovastatin Mevacor ; , pravastatin Pravachol ; , rosuvastatin Crestor ; and simvastatin Zocor ; . Statins are safe and effective drugs that have become standard therapy for patients with high LDL-C levels. If you already have coronary heart disease or diabetes you should receive an LDL-reducing drug. The choice of statin and dose will depend on how much you need to lower your LDL-C 81.

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Slovakia In 2006, Zentiva increased its sales by 4.2% to CZK 1, 891.6 million. This slow growth in 2006 has led to Slovakia becoming Zentiva's fourth largest market in terms of sales; it was the Group's second largest in 2005. However, Zentiva remains the country's leading pharmaceutical company and Slovakia remains and will remain an important market for Zentiva in terms of volumes and sales efficiency. In 2006, Zentiva has continued to improve the quality of its Slovak business. In local currency terms, 2006 sales in Slovakia increased by 6.2% and reported fourth quarter sales increased by 11.7% to CZK 524.9 million. This has been achieved by focusing on maximizing the sales volume of our promoted brands. Promoted brands accounted for 56.5% of Zentiva's Slovakian sales in 2006 vs. 51.0% in 2005. During the period sales of Zentiva's promoted prescription brands performed well increasing sales by 23.3% while non-promoted brands saw a 7.4% sales decline due to the lower prices and volume declines experienced by its older portfolio products. The company's modern branded prescription drugs made the most important sales contribution in Slovakia in 2006. These include the recently introduced lipid lowering drug Torvacard atorvastatin ; , which is now one of Zentiva's top products in the Slovak market, the antihypertensive Lozap losartan ; , the pain killer Tralgit tramadol ; , the anti-ulcer drug Helicid omeprazole ; , the anti-inflammatory Coxtral nimesulide ; , as well as the antibacterial Ciphin ciprofloxacin ; . The CHC product Ibalgin ibuprofen ; also saw higher sales. Russia In the Russian region, Zentiva continued to grow at an attractive pace in 2006 with total sales of pharmaceutical products increasing by 71.4% to CZK 1, 316.8 million. In local currency terms, Russian sales grew by 85.4% in 2006. In the last two years, Zentiva has considerably strengthened its position in the Russian market due to the successful introduction of a number of its key promoted brands. In 2006 promoted brands contributed 77.7% of pharmaceutical sales in Russia up from 71.9% in the same period last year. In the fourth quarter Zentiva's sales in the Russian region increased by 51.5% to CZK 434.6 million. The most significant contributors to Zentiva's sales growth in 2006 were the anti-hypertensive drug Lozap losartan ; , the cardiovascular drug Simvacard simvastatin ; and the urology drugs Penester finasteride ; and Zoxon doxazosine ; both of which are used to treat benign prostatic hypertrophy. The lipid lowering drug Torvacard atorvastatin ; has also done well. Within the CHC segment the nasal decongestant Pinosol, the antimycotic Mycomax fluconazole ; and Vitamin E were important contributors to Zentiva's increased sales as was the newly launched anti-histamine drug Zodac cetrizine ; . Other Markets In addition to its five core markets, Zentiva has been rapidly developing its business in a number of other important countries in Central and Eastern Europe. In aggregate these markets now generate 8% of total pharma sales. In 2006 growth was achieved in the Ukraine with sales up 71.9% to CZK 399.8 million, in Bulgaria with sales up 130.6% to CZK 282.3 million and the Baltic States with sales up 14.3% to CZK 205.3 million. In the other markets of the CIS, Zentiva's business is also developing rapidly with sales in 2006 increasing 24.9% to CZK 120.9 million. In the fourth quarter Zentiva's sales in Other markets increased by 95.2% to CZK 450.0 million.

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