Journal of Generic Medicines

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Patent expiries in the US statin market: Generics to slash market size by 80 per cent over the next ten years

Duncan Emerton

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Table 1. The US statin monotherapy* market, 2005

BrandGenericsMarketing companySUs 2005 (m)Growth 2004–05 (%)Sales 2005 (US$m)Growth 2004–05 (%)
LipitorAtorvastatinPfizer3,2002.78,0648.5
ZocorSimvastatinMerck & Co.1,566(7.7)4,206(4.7)
PravacholPravastatinBMS500(19.9)1,655(13.9)
CrestorRosuvastatinAstraZeneca34523.879736.3
LescolFluvastatinNovartis184(12.6)336(8.3)
MevacorLovastatinMerck & Co.339.3)8(36.4)
Total  5,798(2.3)15,0662.3

 Does not include sales of combination therapies (eg Vytorin, Caduet)

 BMS – Bristol Myers Squibb

 Source: IMS MIDAS sales data, IMS Health, March 2006

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