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To: Anthony Wong who wrote (1087)11/19/1998 8:23:00 PM
From: Anthony Wong  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1722
 
From labpuppy.com - October prescription trends for some of the major drug categories:

Allergy drugs - +18% (Schering-Plough's Claritin, Pfizer's Zyrtec and Hoechst's Allegra
showed good growth)
Antibiotics - +28% (led by Pfizer's Zithromax)
Antipsychotics - +21% (lead by Eli Lilly's Zyprexa and Johnson & Johnson's Risperdal)
Asthma anti-inflammatories - +24% (lead by strong growth from Merck's Singular)
Cholesterol drugs - +19% (lead by strong growth from Warner-Lambert's Lipitor)
Depression drugs - +12% (Eli Lilly's Prozac new prescription growth was only 1%)
Oral diabetes drugs - +10% (Warner-Lambert's Rezulin new prescriptions fell by 9%)
Osteoporosis drugs - +63% (Eli Lilly's Evista is gaining share from Merck's Fosamax)

labpuppy.com