World's best selling drugs

The World's Top-Selling Drugs - Top ten in sales world-wide in billions of dollars


 * Lipitor Lowers cholesterol Pfizer  $10.3 billions
 * Zocor Lowers cholesterol  Merck  6.1 billions
 * Zyprexa Anti-psychotic  Eli Lilly  4.8 billions
 * Norvasc Lowers blood pressure  Pfizer  4.5 billions
 * Erypo (Procrit) Treats anemia  Johnson & Johnson 4.0 billions
 * Ogastro/Prevacid Treats ulcers  Takeda & Abbott Laboratories 4.0 billions
 * Nexium Treats ulcers  AstraZeneca 3.8 billions
 * Plavix Blood-thinner  Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi-Synthelabo 3.7 billions
 * Seretide (Advair) Treats asthma  GlaxoSmithKline 3.7 billions
 * Zoloft Anti-depressant  Pfizer  3.4 billions

Source: IMS Health, Forbes

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