Novartis Zelnorm uptake
Executive Summary
More than 70% of "top-tier" gastrointestinal specialists are prescribing the irritable bowel syndrome agent Zelnorm, Novartis Pharmaceutical CEO Thomas Ebeling tells investors April 15. "Tier one" physicians have on average 16-18 patients on tegaserod, he says. By comparison, second and third tier specialists have six to eight patients on the IBS agent, with roughly 45% and 35% of tier two and three physicians prescribing, respectively. Novartis previously described uptake for the specialist community as a whole, with 25% prescribing Zelnorm (1"The Pink Sheet" Oct. 21, 2002, p. 24)...