114 Blockbuster Drugs Accounted For 2006 Sales Of US$ 233.7 Bln
July 30th, 2007 by 
Barry - Admin BioPharmArena
The Business Intelligence firm La Merie S.L. reported that the HMG-CoA-reductase inhibitor atorvastatin remained the no.1 best selling blockbuster drug in 2006 with ww sales of US$ 13.6 bln for Pfizer and Astellas Pharma. Among the TOP 10 blockbuster drugs are four biologics (antibodies and proteins). A total of 114 distinct blockbuster drugs were identified with 2006 sales of more than US$ 1 bln each. Total revenues from sales of all blockbuster drugs in 2006 were US$ 233.7 bln of which 23.1 % were achieved by biologics. The best selling classes of blockbuster drugs were again HMG-Coa-reductase inhibitors of which AstraZeneca’s rosuvastatin showed the highest growth rate with 59 % over the previous year. Among the TOP 10 blockbuster drug classes were three biologics: erythropoietin, anti-TNF and insulin & insulin analogs. Blockbuster drugs were in the product portfolio of 30 biopharmaceutical companies. Pfizer was the leader in the TOP 10 class of blockbuster drug companies with sales of US$ 28.7 bln originating from nine blockbuster drugs. The TOP 10 companies had between four and 12 blockbuster drugs each to generate 2006 sales between US$ 9.4 bln and 28.7 bln per company. These results and more were found in a search conducted by La Merie Business Intelligence and published in a complimentary report on July 6, 2007. The document entitled “Blockbuster Drugs 2006” can be acquired as a free download at La Merie’s News Center and Online Store PipelineReview.com (http://www.pipelinereview.com).
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