COX-2 inhibitors top 20 mil. scripts
Executive Summary
Pfizer/Searle's Celebrex ended 1999 with a total of 16.6 mil. prescriptions following a January 1999 launch, while Merck's Vioxx had 4.6 mil. prescriptions for the year after its May launch, according to IMS Health data
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