How Do I Find Top Pharmaceutical Drugs by Sales for a Particular Year?

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Find Top Pharmaceutical Drugs by Sales for a Particular Year?

TOPIC: Frequently searchers want to identify information on the top prescription drugs. This is best done in business information databases such as Business & Industry™ (File 9) and Gale Group PROMT® (File 16). PROMT and Business & Industry cover multiple industries, companies, products and markets worldwide and contain trade and business journals, regional, national and international newspapers and news releases.

In this example, using both databases, you want to find the top worldwide sales for prescription drugs for 2005.

COMMAND SUMMARY

BEGIN 9,16
SELECT PN=DRUGS & PHARMACEUTICALS OR PN=DRUGS AND PHARMACEUTICALS
SELECT TOP OR LEADING
SELECT RANKING?
SELECT S1 AND S2 AND S3
SELECT S4/2005
TYPE S5/6/ALL
Click Links > Display > Type Full Record

HOW TO...

1. BEGIN 9,16 to search multi-industry databases. 2. Select the type of product using PN= for product name. Note that two forms of the product name are used, one for each database. 3. Use keywords to focus the search. 4. Then combine the sets and narrow to the year(s) you want.
5. TYPE the titles using Format 6. 6. Click Links > Display > Full Record to see the entire record.
Also check titles in File 16.
This article lists top drugs globally.
It also provides top companies by market share and growth. Note: A portion of this record is omitted from this display containing other statistics.

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