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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedManufacturer price changes for brand name drugs widely used by older Americans, 2000-2003
OB/GYN News, Sept 1, 2004
Manufacturer Price Changes for Brand Name Drugs Widely Used by Older
Americans, 2000-2003
Aver. Annual
Sales Rank Drug Formulation % Chg. in Price
1 Fosamax 70-mg tablet 5.6%
2 Lipitor 10-mg tablet 6.0%
3 Plavix 75-mg tablet (90 pills) 7.8%
4 Lipitor 20-mg tablet 4.8%
5 Prevacid 30-mg capsule DR 5.2%
6 Celebrex 200-mg capsule 4.1%
7 Protonix 40-mg tablet 5.4%
8 Norvasc 5-mg tablet 4.6%
9 Plavix 75-mg tablet (30 pills) 7.8%
10 Norvasc 10-mg tablet 0%
11 Nexium 40-mg capsule 4.1%
12 Flomax 0.4-mg capsule 7.3%
13 Actonel 35-mg tablet 4.8%
14 Xalatan 0.01% solution 5.4%
15 Aricept 10-mg tablet 4.2%
Note: Based on a study of prices for nearly 200 brand name drugs most
widely used by Americans aged 50 years and older.
Source: AARP
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