Top 200 drugs by WAC for hospitals in 2001

February 18, 2002

NDCHealth provides top 200 drugs data for hospitals for 2001. This is by dollars

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TOP 200 DRUGS BY WHOLESALE ACQUISITION COST

Here are the top 200 drugs, including both brands and generics, as ranked by dollars for the hospital market in 2001. Data on the top 200 drugs as ranked by units will be published in our March 18 issue.

Rank	Product	Total dolars
1	Epogen	$752,716,345.45
2	Procrit	711,686,244.40
3	Lovenox	648,790,099.26
4	Rocephin	539,625,496.42
5	NovoSeven	527,807,664.00
6	Levaquin	489,489,961.14
7	Neupogen	468,710,311.00
8	Zofran	390,165,796.29
9	Zocor	361,147,771.10
10	ReoPro	321,058,350.00
11	Remicade	314,305,123.88
12	Rituxan	293,928,342.98
13	Zyprexa	270,776,935.11
14	Taxol	259,700,944.62
15	Cordarone IV	257,924,596.15
16	Diprivan	256,498,652.42
17	Zosyn	245,276,328.01
18	Prilosec	230,839,993.09
19	Integrilin	221,238,165.78
20	Prevacid	218,152,061.59
21	Paraplatin	215,771,488.08
22	Sodium chloride	210,993,001.41
23	Propofol	207,642,300.49
24	Aredia	207,092,593.79
25	Cipro	171,147,556.23
26	Camptosar	163,770,542.51
27	Risperdal	156,890,648.45
28	Zemuron	155,932,200.75
29	Taxotere	151,151,090.64
30	Ultane	150,521,800.35
31	Diflucan/ns	149,683,277.32
32	Primaxin	145,463,499.61
33	Omnipaque	141,385,800.97
34	Gemzar	138,768,983.31
35	Unasyn	134,479,599.43
36	Glucophage	124,734,781.21
37	Morphine sulfate	124,505,750.10
38	Ketorolac tromethamine	121,847,733.15
39	Ativan	121,835,888.40
40	Lupron depot	121,772,944.72
41	Vancomycin hcl	120,817,774.18
42	AmBisome	118,399,038.00
43	Activase	117,887,000.00
44	Neurontin	117,671,195.77
45	Aciphex	115,355,829.56
46	Cefazolin sodium	115,308,686.58
47	Synagis	115,226,201.30
48	Gammagard s/d	115,073,379.00
49	Cipro IV.	114,856,838.40
50	Optiray 320	110,929,229.40
51	Zoloft	108,369,597.30
52	Isovue-300	108,293,024.84
53	Retavase	107,128,839.68
54	Zoladex	105,759,745.74
55	Prozac	105,075,460.24
56	Anzemet	101,841,335.56
57	Flovent	98,573,030.09
58	Multi-12	97,460,685.00
59	Abelcet	97,103,746.00
60	Norvasc	92,620,320.76
61	Lipitor	92,502,015.21
62	Duragesic	91,652,934.57
63	Paxil	91,641,265.14
64	Midazolam HCl	91,277,000.34
65	Trasylol	89,060,346.70
66	Kytril	87,437,651.84
67	Polygam s/d	86,940,178.51
68	OxyContin	$86,489,285.08
69	Primacor/d5w	85,692,386.69
70	Zithromax	84,783,468.03
71	Seroquel	84,327,332.51
72	Suprane	83,876,095.23
73	Herceptin	82,035,432.72
74	Adenoscan	81,647,696.13
75	Celebrex	79,837,990.35
76	Pepcid	79,364,902.84
77	Plavix	78,539,230.72
78	Tequin	78,142,640.88
79	TNKase	78,051,600.00
80	Doxycycline hyclate	76,784,853.17
81	Ifex/Mesnex	76,365,059.86
82	Augmentin	76,303,755.28
83	Aggrastat	76,002,985.46
84	Albumin	75,699,521.89
85	Depakote	74,335,672.17
86	Recombivax hb	73,449,358.68
87	Vioxx	72,992,693.01
88	Ipratropium bromide	71,878,501.48
89	Zestril	71,876,994.55
90	Zantac	70,024,179.37
91	Isovue-370	68,602,081.61
92	Combivir	68,220,659.19
93	Diflucan	67,403,377.36
94	Gammar-p IV	67,312,960.00
95	Prinivil	66,495,547.32
96	Maxipime	64,861,118.24
97	Premarin	62,933,909.88
98	Fortaz	62,646,592.15
99	Serevent	62,014,853.09
100	Fentanyl citrate	60,894,278.15
101	Survanta	59,475,612.60
102	Buminate	58,975,652.92
103	Cefotan	58,103,996.49
104	Prevnar	57,601,250.00
105	Benefix	57,437,506.41
106	Vancocin hcl	56,811,669.97
107	Combivent	55,939,648.66
108	Protonix	55,448,669.00
109	Lorazepam	55,440,919.26
110	VePesid	55,394,997.90
111	Famotidine	55,273,528.37
112	Flonase	55,254,213.21
113	Ventolin	55,190,731.47
114	Sandostatin	55,150,797.71
115	Zyrtec	54,723,326.42
116	Optiray 350	54,402,197.73
117	Allegra	54,165,296.58
118	Immune globulin	53,939,229.84
119	Albuterol sulfate	53,626,069.40
120	Thrombin-jmi	53,421,825.07
121	Heparin sodium	53,408,048.21
122	Visipaque	52,418,580.35
123	Zyvox	52,409,824.48
124	Engerix-B	52,108,194.15
125	Rocephin/iso-osmotic dextrose	51,511,373.45
126	Celexa	51,419,123.79
127	Albuminar-25	51,077,315.16
128	Nebcin	50,596,706.89
129	Solu-medrol	50,523,145.67
130	Primacor	49,538,674.34
131	Leukine	49,116,638.37
132	Magnevist	48,989,785.10
133	Promethazine HCl	48,762,649.70
134	Viracept	48,657,637.36
135	Fragmin	$48,366,650.26
136	Prograf	48,141,703.23
137	Merrem	48,101,820.40
138	Diltiazem HCl	47,538,472.30
139	Atrovent	47,069,521.28
140	Avandia	46,923,684.38
141	Protonix IV	46,472,500.00
142	Potassium chloride	46,375,442.46
143	Claforan	46,320,205.01
144	Depo-Provera contraceptive	46,257,374.29
145	Ranitidine HCl	46,196,809.43
146	Imitrex	45,235,845.90
147	Percocet	44,989,762.65
148	Coumadin	43,851,749.26
149	Lidocaine HCl	43,471,154.44
150	Doxil	43,389,359.56
151	CellCept	43,337,832.74
152	Zithromax IV	43,269,025.77
153	Timentin	42,933,490.69
154	Ambien	42,226,489.83
155	Fosamax	42,187,540.50
156	Cerebyx	42,100,152.18
157	Furosemide	42,092,791.85
158	Ms contin	41,426,547.91
159	Proleukin	41,335,623.00
160	Onxol	41,118,601.33
161	Claritin	41,118,341.44
162	Dipyridamole	40,719,755.54
163	Albumarc	39,976,103.39
164	Adalat cc	39,922,580.24
165	Versed	39,451,834.38
166	Cervidil	39,259,268.89
167	Hycamtin	38,473,286.52
168	Terazosin HCl	38,028,052.09
169	Wellbutrin SR	38,027,507.20
170	Zerit	37,732,068.88
171	Cleocin phosphate in d5w	36,944,486.45
172	Plendil	36,489,292.49
173	Effexor XR	36,447,316.43
174	Brevibloc	36,255,292.60
175	Intron-a	36,025,991.58
176	Thymoglobulin	35,616,828.00
177	Fortaz in iso-osmotic dextrose	35,407,448.84
178	Acyclovir sodium	35,376,570.26
179	Singulair	35,092,276.09
180	Vecuronium bromide	34,743,849.59
181	Tiazac	34,684,299.21
182	Ferrlecit	33,396,996.00
183	Sodium bicarbonate	33,374,570.36
184	Mefoxin	33,325,953.00
185	Novantrone	33,323,092.12
186	Xalatan	33,219,675.60
187	Hydrocodone w/APAP	33,203,044.73
188	Sandostatin lar	32,681,565.81
189	Albuterol	32,667,230.99
190	Neoral	32,086,697.18
191	Gamimune n	32,081,228.35
192	Zemplar	31,957,082.60
193	Dextrose 5% water	31,454,187.46
194	Xylocaine	31,261,222.41
195	Synthroid	31,139,021.75
196	Omniscan	31,037,315.32
197	Nimbex	30,951,331.80
198	M.V.I. 12	30,849,425.99
199	INFeD	30,735,071.28
200	Avonex	30,611,480.20
Total	$20,571,904,413.50

Top 200 drugs by WAC for hospitals in 2001.

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Top 200 drugs by WAC for hospitals in 2001

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TOP 200 DRUGS BY WHOLESALE ACQUISITION COST

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