Drug Store News - Belcher Pharmaceuticals

Generics News — Belcher Pharmaceuticals last month filed a patent on a method to stabilize the drug levothyroxine. Levothyroxine, sold under the brand names Synthroid (Abbott Laboratories) and Soloxine (King Pharmaceuticals), is used to treat thyroid-related conditions.

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Combined 2002 retail sales for all levothyroxine sodium tablet products were approximately $1.1 billion, the company reported.
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