cerivastatin vs statin drug

cerivastatin and statin drug both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cerivastatin	Yes	No	No	No
statin drug	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, statin drug is a hypernym of cerivastatin; that is, statin drug is a word with a broader meaning than cerivastatin:

cerivastatin: an oral drug (trade name Baycol) to reduce blood cholesterol levels
statin drug: a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase

Other hypernyms of cerivastatin include lipid-lowering medication, lipid-lowering medicine, statin.

cerivastatin (noun)	statin drug (noun)
an oral drug (trade name Baycol) to reduce blood cholesterol levels	a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase