U.S. lawmakers will examine advertising campaigns for the cholesterol drugs Lipitor and Vytorin plus anemia drug Procrit at a hearing on Thursday, a U.S. House of Representatives committee
said.
Officials from the drugmakers will testify at the hearing, according to a notice sent on Monday from the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Pfizer makes Lipitor, and Johnson &
Johnson sells Procrit. Vytorin is sold through a joint venture of Merck & Co Inc. and Schering-Plough Corp.
--Nina M. Lentini