No surprise here -- per press clippings of Abbott's Q4 2009 results release:
. . . .Sales of [all Abbott] prescription drugs rose 5.2 percent to $4.85 billion. Global Humira® sales rose 23 percent to $1.66 billion, making it by far the company's biggest product. Sales of Niaspan®, a treatment to raise "good" HDL cholesterol, jumped 15 percent to $254 million, helped by a recent study in which the drug it reduced clogging in neck arteries better than Merck & Co.'s Zetia®. . . .
Also mentioned above is Humira® -- Abbott's biggest seller -- remember, it has a partially shared-history with New Merck, too.
2 comments:
I'm really happy for Abbott ... they're obviously a company of great integrity. I was actually on niaspan once ... a new doc of mine gave it to me. Unfortunately, it caused me to have a few stomach issues. I think if I would have stuck it out, it would have made a real difference. I wasn't very patient at that time in my life.
Thanks for your great column. As usual, it's quite informative.
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