Wyeth Foreign Growth Strong While Alavert Sales Pick Up At Home
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Sales for Wyeth's non-sedating antihistamine Alavert (loratadine) more than quadrupled compared to the previous quarter
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