Lilly Cymbalta Price Is Slight Discount To Highest Dose Of Effexor XR
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The 60 mg dose of Cymbalta (duloxetine) is priced 4% below a 150 mg tablet of Wyeth’s Effexor XR (venlafaxine). Cymbalta 60 mg is priced 4% above the 75 mg dose of venlafaxine. Lilly plans to establish 60 mg as the target dose of the antidepressant.
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