Nightly News   |  December 19, 2011

Generic rivals cut Lipitor sales in half

The best-selling drug in the world, Lipitor, saw its sales cut in half in just a week after two generic versions that cost about a third less came on the market. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>>> as you may know the big topic in health care among doctors and patients these days has been lipitor coming out in a generic form. it's the biggest selling drug in the world. we learned today pfizer, the company that makes it, has seen its sales cut in half in a week with the generic on the market. costs about a third of the brand name. lipitor brought in $13 billion last year. it's the big ticket drug.