Can Crestor outpace Lipitor in sales?

Eyes are on the recent market trend that the sales of AstraZeneca’s Crestor (rosuvastatin) will overtake that of Pfizer’s Lipitor (atorvastatin), but the possibility is not large as the prices of Crestor 5 mg and 20 mg were slashed due to increasing market demand.

The difference of sales in August between Lipitor and Crestor was nothing but 400 million won, when compared to 2 billion won bef...