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    What's the world's biggest selling drug? My guess would be paracetamol.

    Question #92696. Asked by billythebrit. (Feb 22 08 2:14 PM)


    wahoowa94

    		From Wikipedia:

    Pfizer's cholesterol pill Lipitor remains the best-selling drug in the world for the fifth year in a row. Its annual sales were $12.9 billion, more than twice as much as its closest competitors: Plavix, the blood thinner from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi-Aventis; Nexium, the heartburn pill from AstraZeneca; and Advair, the asthma inhaler from GlaxoSmithKline.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmaceutical_company#Sales_leaders



    Feb 22 08, 2:24 PM
    star_gazer

    		What about asprin?

    Feb 22 08, 2:47 PM
    wahoowa94

    		Clearly the word "drug" could be considered somewhat ambiguous in this case. If you take into consideration the generic version of a drugs, such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen, and alcohol, there has to be more sales of those than any brand name drug.

    Feb 22 08, 3:27 PM
    MonkeyOnALeash

    		Nicotine and/or Caffeine. That is of course Billy, you did mean Prescription or Illicit.

    Feb 22 08, 3:32 PM
    author

    		Here is a top 200 list.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bestselling_drugs

    Feb 22 08, 7:54 PM

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