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Table 2

Financials for US Corporations Marketing the Top 50 Drugs for Seniors, 2001.

Company Revenue (net sales in millions of dollars)Percent of revenue allocated to
Marketing/advertising/administrationR & DProfit (not income)

Merk and Co. Inc40,36315%6%17%
Pfizer Inc.29,57439%15%13%
Bristol-Meyers Squibb company18,21630%11%26%
Pharmacia corporation18,14437%15%4%
Abbott laboratories13,74621%10%20%
American home products corporation13,26238%13%āˆ’18%
Eli lilly and Co.10,86230%19%28%
Schering-plough corporation9,81536%14%25%
Allergan Inc.1,56342%13%14%

Total (dollars in millions) $166,67827% ($45,413)11% ($19,076)18% ($30,599)

Source: Families USA (2002): [47].