The Top Pharma List's top 50 pharmaceutical products by global sales ranking is compiled from GlobalData's pharmaceutical revenue figures. Gleevec/Glivec was produced by Novartis.
The handover comes as Novartis is emerging from a difficult couple of years following the patent expiry for cancer blockbuster Glivec/Gleevec (imatinib), difficulties at its eyecare division Alcon - which recently
Alcon's recovery came against the backdrop of a 2% fall in group sales to $12.2bn - mainly because of continued generic competition to cancer blockbuster Gleevec (imatinib) which drove sales
compensate for a $290m reduction in sales of cancer drug Glivec (imatinib) to $544m, with overall group sales down 1% to $11.53bn.
year. The company is expecting 2017 to continue to be pressured as former top-selling cancer drug Glivec/Gleevec (imatinib) continues to face generic competition, with a return to growth next
The multi-targeted tyrosine-kinase inhibitor drug is facing stiff competition from other drugs in the class including Novartis' Glivec/Gleevec (imatinib) and generic equivalents in some markets.
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