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Ten Best Selling Prescription Drugs
compiled by Forbes.com (March 2006)
compiled by Forbes.com (March 2006)
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2. Plavix, annual sales, $5.9 billion, used for heart disease, manufactured by Bristol Myers Squibb/Sanofi-Aventis, annual growth 16%
3. Nexium, annual sales $5.7 billion. used for heartburn, manufactured by Astra Zeneca, annual growth 16.7%
4. Advair, annual sales $5.6 billion, used for asthma, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, annual growth 19%
5. Zocor, annual sales $5.3 billion, used for high cholesterol, manufactured by Merck, -10.7% negative growth (lost patent protection in June 2006)
6. Norvasc, annual sales $5 billion, used for high blood pressure, manufactured by Pfizer, annual growth 2.5%
7. Zyprexa, annual sales $4.7 billion, used for schizophrenia, manufactured by Eli Lilly, annual growth negative -6.8%
8. Risperdal, annual sales $4 billion, used for schizophrenia, manufactured by Johnson and Johnson, annual growth 12.6%
9. Prevacid, annual sales $4 billion, used for heartburn, manufactured by AbbottLabs and Takeda Pharmaceutical, annual growth 0.9%
10. Effexor, annual sales $3.8 billion, used for depression, manufactured by Wyeth, annual growth 1.2%