Pfizer resuming ads for Lipitor after controversy

By LINDA A. JOHNSON , AP Business Writer, Medicine & Health / Medications

(AP) -- Television ads for the world's top-selling drug, cholesterol fighter Lipitor, are back, six months after Pfizer Inc. pulled them amid charges its use of a celebrity doctor endorser who's never practiced medicine misled the public. This time, Pfizer is leaving out the celebrity.

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