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Atorvastatin recall may affect hundreds of thousands of patients – and reflects FDA’s troubles inspecting medicines manufactured overseas
C. Michael White University of Connecticut If you take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, you may have noticed a flurry of news coverage since late October 2025 about an extensive recall of thousands of bottles of atorvastatin, the generic version of Lipitor. Both generic atorvastatin and brand-name Lipitor contain the same active ingredient, atorvastatin calcium, and
