Monday, April 25, 2011

What do others say about AstraZeneca's Nexium?

"You should be embarrassed if you prescribe Nexium because it increases costs with no medical benefits.. The fact is Nexium is Prilosec .it is the same drug. It is a mirror compound." -Thomas Sully, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Director, addressing the American Medical Association.

"Nexium is a game that is being played on the people who pay for drugs." -CMS Director Thomas Sully

"When optimal doses are used, Prilosec and generic omeprazole appear to be as effective as Nexium or any other PPI."  - Managed Healthcare Executive April 1, 2004

"Nexium offers no innovation; the drug owes its existence entirely to AstraZeneca's need to retain the company's considerable share of the $8.3 billion PPI market."  - HealthFacts

"Nexium.is virtually identical and.a generic is available for a price about 10 times less." - Los Angeles Times, February 15, 2004

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