A branch of Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical (SHA:600332, HKG:0874), Baiyunshan Chemical Pharmaceutical Factory, received the Chinese drug administration's approval to market atorvastatin calcium, according to a Shanghai Stock Exchange filing on Thursday.
The drug is used to treat primary hypercholesterolemia, mixed hyperlipidemia, hypertriglyceridemia, homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, as well as atherosclerosis.