U.S. prescription drug sales increased by 8.3% to $274 billion last year, bolstered by the Medicare prescription drug benefit, generic drug sales and other factors, according to a report released Thursday by IMS Health, the AP/Long Island Newsday reports. The report found that U.S. prescription drug sales increased by 5.8% to $253.7 billion in 2005. [click link for full article]
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