Pharmaceutical & Medical

Global pharmaceutical sales were $629bn in 2007, of which around 45% was generated in the US and 9% in Japan. Europe accounted for 30% (with France, Germany, the UK and Italy the biggest markets). The Asia Pacific and Latin America regions accounted for almost 7% and 4% respectively. The biggest healthcare segment is cardiovascular, which includes treatments for high blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes. The value of pharmaceutical sales in the CV segment was $145m in 2007. Other important sectors were neuroscience ($120m in sales), infection ($67bn), respiratory & inflammation ($48bn), cancer ($39bn), gastrointestinal ($37bn), 

The World's Leading Drug Companies in 2006 by Pharmaceutical Revenues

Pfizer ($45.1bn) Bristol-Myers Squibb ($13.9bn)
Glaxo SmithKline ($39.2bn) Amgen ($13.9bn)
Sanofi-Aventis ($37.4bn) Abbott Laboratories ($12.4bn)
Novartis ($29.5bn) Boehringer-Ingelheim ($11.0bn)
AstraZeneca ($26.5bn) Bayer Healthcare ($9.9bn)
Johnson & Johnson ($23.3bn) Takeda ($8.9bn)
Merck & Co ($22.6bn) Schering-Plough ($8.6bn)
Roche ($16.9bn) Teva ($7.8bn)
Eli Lilly & Co ($16.0bn) Genentech ($7.6bn)
Wyeth ($15.7bn) Schering ($7.5bn)

Source: Pharmaceutical Executive

The World's Top 20 Prescription Drugs in 2006 by global sales

Lipitor $13.6bn Pfizer Aranesp $4.1bn Amgen
Seretide / Advair $6.1bn Glaxo SmithKline Rituxan / MabThera $3.9bn Roche/Genentech
Plavix / Iscover $6.1bn BMS/Sanofi-Aventis Effexor $3.7bn Wyeth
Nexium $5.2bn AstraZeneca Protonix / Pantozol $3.6bn Wyeth
Norvasc $4.9bn Pfizer Singulair $3.6bn Merck & Co
Remicade $4.4bn Johnson & Johnson/Schering-Plough Seroquel $3.6bn AstraZeneca/Astellas Pharma
Enbrel $4.4bn Amgen/Wyeth Prevacid / Takepron $3.4bn TAP / Takeda
Zyprexa $4.4bn Eli Lilly Actos $3.3bn Takeda/Eli Lilly
Diovan $4.2bn Novartis Procrit / Eprex $3.2bn Johnson & Johnson
Risperdal $4.2bn Johnson & Johnson Cozaar / Hyzaar $3.2bn Merck & Co

Source: Med Ad News

The World's Leading OTC Heathcare Companies in 2005 by non-prescription healthcare revenues

Johnson & Johnson ($9.1bn) Pfizer ($3.9bn)
Novartis ($7.3bn) Bayer Healthcare ($2.9bn)
Glaxo SmithKline ($5.4bn) Wyeth ($2.5bn)
Procter & Gamble ($4.5bn) Reckitt Benckiser / BHI ($2.3bn)
Colgate-Palmolive ($4.3bn) Bristol-Myers Squibb ($2.2bn)

The Top 5 US OTC Medicines in 2002 by sales

Analgesics Antacid Cold Allergy Sinus
private label ($453m) private label ($139m) private label ($315m)
Tylenol ($318m) Pepcid AC ($83m) (J&J) Benadryl ($122m) (Pfizer)
Advil ($283m) (Wyeth) Zantac 75 ($82m) (Pfizer) Claritin ($94m) (Schering-Plough)
Aleve ($143m) (Bayer) Tums EX ($66m) (Glaxo SmithKline) Alka-Selzer Plus ($62m) (Bayer)
Bayer ($117m) (Bayer) Pepcid Complete ($46m) (J &J) Tylenol Cold ($62m)
Tylenol PM ($112m) Gas X ($38m) (Novartis) Sudafed ($55m) (Pfizer)

Source: Grocery Headquarters 52 weeks to May 03 Food/Drug/Mass Merchandisers ex Wal-Mart

The Top UK Pharmacy Products in 2002 by sales

Other companies profiled in Adbrands with Pharmaceutical & Medical divisions

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