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U.S. top 20 branded drugs based on prescriptions 2014-2015

Top 20 branded drugs in the U.S. based on total number of prescriptions in 2014-2015

The data illustrates the U.S. top 20 branded drugs based on the total number of prescriptions in the period from July 2014 to June 2015. Within that period, Crestor was prescribed some 21 million times. Thus, Crestor was the top ranked drug in the U.S., based on the number of prescriptions.

Crestor (AstraZeneca)	21014669
Advair Diskus (GlaxoSmithKline)	13579022
Nexium (AstraZeneca)	13207161
Lantus Solostar (Sanofi)	11167187
Vyvanse (Shire)	10608454
Lyrica (Pfizer)	10093516
Spiriva Handihaler (Boehringer Ingelheim)	9508813
Januvia (Merck & Co.)	9215324
Symbicort (AstraZeneca)	8571064
Abilify (Otsuka)	8301207
Tamiflu (Roche)	7945408
Cialis (Lilly)	7438020
Xarelto (Janssen)	7022456
Viagra (Pfizer)	6902323
Zetia (Merck & Co.)	6811031
Nasonex (Merck & Co.)	5904160
Nuvaring (Merck & Co.)	4869132
Celebrex (Pfizer)	4465137
Novolog (Novo Nordisk)	4308736
Vesicare (Astellas)	3583266

U.S. top 20 branded drugs based on prescriptions 2014-2015

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