Top Ten Best-Selling Drugs Worldwide 2006

Structure Trade Name Generic Name 2006
Global Sales
(Billion US$)
Company Indication
Lipitor atorvastatin 13.6 Pfizer High Cholesterol
Nexium esomeprazole 6.7 AstraZeneca Heartburn
Seretide/Advair fluticasone/
salmeterol
6.3 GlaxoSmithKline Asthma
Plavix clopidogrel 5.8 Bristol-Myers Squibb /
Sanofi-Aventis
Heart Disease
Norvasc amlodipine 5.0 Pfizer Hypertension
Protein Aranesp darbepoetin
alfa
5.0 Amgen Anemia
Zyprexa olanzapine 4.7 Eli Lilly Bipolar Disorder
Risperdal risperidone 4.6 Johnson & Johnson Schizophrenia
Protein Enbrel etanercept 4.5 Amgen/Wyeth Arthritis
Effexor venlafaxine 4.0 Wyeth Depression

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Sales Data Source: IMS Intelligence.360