Internal analgesics, vitamins lead OTC sales at mass retail in 1997 -- NWDA factbook.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
HOME HEALTH DIAGNOSTIC SALES INCREASE 5.3% to $604.5 MIL. in food, drug and mass merchandise outlets in 1997, the National Wholesale Druggists Association reports in a draft of its "1998 Healthcare Factbook." The majority of OTC diagnostics, including tests for cholesterol, pregnancy, drugs of abuse and HIV, continue to be sold in drug stores, where revenues rose 4% to $411.2 mil. in 1997.
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