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Article: Over 1.5 million Levitra pills prescribed in U.S. for erectile dysfunction.
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- Biotech Business Week
- Article date:
- December 22, 2003
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2003 DEC 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Levitra (vardenafil HCl) is rapidly capturing a growing percentage of new prescriptions in the oral erectile dysfunction (ED) treatment market, according to data from Verispan Source Prescription Audit (SPA) [formerly called Scott Levin].
In the weeks since Levitra became available in the U.S., more than 1.5 million Levitra pills have been dispensed nationwide. Levitra is co-developed and co-promoted by Bayer AG (BAY) and GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK).
Recent results from two independent, comparative European studies conducted to evaluate patient preference for the three oral ED treatment options indicated that ...