About the Merck of Ezetimibe - Vytorin
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About the manufacturer of Ezetimibe - Vytorin
About the manufacturer of Vytorin, Schering is the leading pharmaceuticals manufacturing group in the world. It is a global research based company which is constantly engaged in manufacturing, marketing and sale of products, development of products and new discoveries. The company presently manages nine research and enhancement centers in United States, Canada, Europe and Japan. It markets and sells products to Latin America, United States, Europe, and Japan and to the other parts of the world.

Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals is a joint venture between Merck and Co. and Schering-Plough Group of Pharmaceuticals. They formed and developed a new market in the United States for cholesterol management. The collaboration was very successful in creating pills for reducing cholesterol levels and it expanded all over the world including Japan.

Vytorin is marketed by Schering-Plough in joint venture with Merck under the trade names of Zetia, Ezemibe and Ezetrol. Ezetimibe is a cholesterol lowering drug under the formation by Schering-Plough in collaboration with Merck Group for the possible treatment of high cholesterol and other heart diseases. Ezetimibe was initially found by a group of four research chemists in Schering-Plough Group of Pharmaceuticals. They are Dr. Duane A. Burnett, Dr. Stuart B. Rosenblum, Dr. Brian A. McKittrick and Dr. John W. Clader.
 
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