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Top-Selling Prescription Drugs

The pharmaceutical business is an extremely profitable one. According to the , spending on medicine in the U.S. alone exceeded $307 billion in 2010. For many drug makers, one money-spinner can carry a company for years, even longer, before the patent expires and low-cost generic versions can be made. The IMS recently released its annual list of the top-10 selling drugs in the US based on sales. Each of them have brought in at least $3 billion dollars in sales. However, a majority of these drugs

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9. Actos

2010 U.S. Sales: $3.5 billion
Company: Takeda Pharmaceuticals

Actos is meant to improve blood sugar control in adults with Type 2 diabetes.

The patent expired in January of 2011, but Japan-based Takeda came to an agreement with generic drug makers Ranbaxy (RBXZF) of India and Watson Pharmaceuticals (WPI) and Mylan (MYL) of the U.S., delaying the release of a generic version until August 2012.

Photo: Takeda

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9. Actos

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America's Top Selling Prescription Drugs