Global Antiviral/Antibiotics Market Review 2008.

The global pharmaceutical markets expanded to $770 billion in 2008. Biotechnology took $120 billion (15,6%) and generic drugs once again increased it share of the global pie to $80 billion (10,4%). The antibacterial market leaders were Zosyn, Floxin and Cravit.
Several blockbuster drugs got patent expiry. Lipitor retained its top position as the best selling global drug with $12.4 B in sales, Plavix won the second place with sales of $5.6 billion and the third place belonged to Enbrel (Etanercept) – $3.4 billion.

The global antimicrobial therapeutic market was $24 billion in 2008 with 14 products recording sales of more than $1 billion. Truveda, Valtrex and Atripla were the leading antiviral agents. Valtrex contributed $1.7 Billion in total sales $43.0 B of GSK.

As of September 06, 2009, there are 4186 generic drugs and dosages on the list: link 1 (PDF). You can find one and get the generic version at lower price elsewhere.

You may find Generic version of Lipitor, Floxin, Valtrex  at several pharmacies, one of them is www.IndianPharmacy.org an indian online pharmacy supplies more than 400 generic medicines.

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