IMS Health Reports Celebrex U.S. Prescriptions Dispensed Reach 299,571 in Third Week of March
LONDON--(BW HealthWire)--March 26, 1999--IMS HEALTH (NYSE:RX - news) today reported that for the week ending March 19, total Celebrex prescriptions dispensed in the U.S. reached 299,571, up 7.3 percent from the previous week. The rate of mail order prescriptions rose as well, up 5.4 percent from the second week of March, to 16,128 prescriptions. IMS HEALTH's regular weekly prescription activity report covering the week ending March 19 becomes available on Monday, March 29. IMS HEALTH is the world's leading provider of information solutions to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
In the ten weeks since its introduction in the U.S., a total of 1.5 million Celebrex prescriptions have been dispensed. The majority of weekly Celebrex prescriptions continues to be new prescriptions, which represented 82 percent of prescribing for the week ending March 19. The remaining 18 percent, or 53,620 Celebrex prescriptions, were refills.
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