In this annual special report, the editors of PharmaLive and Med Ad News rank the best-selling prescription medicines by worldwide sales. As part of this report, the magazine¹s editors research and compile the 2007, 2006, and 2005 worldwide sales information of the prescription medicines that pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and specialty companies manufacture and sell.

The information in this report is supplied by the companies and provides information on 500 product sales entries representing more than 100 companies.
The data is sorted in three ways:
• 2007 worldwide sales
• Company
• Primary disease/medical use

The charts provide the following information:
• 2007 sales rank for each product
• 2007 worldwide sales for each product
• 2006 worldwide sales for each product
• 2005 worldwide sales for each product
• Companies that report sales
• Primary disease/medical use
• First approval date or launch date