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* Date of FDA Approval (Expiration): 2001 (2015) | * Date of FDA Approval (Expiration): 2001 (2015) | ||
* 2009 Global Sales: $3.9 Billion | * 2009 Global Sales: $3.9 Billion | ||
* Importance: | * Importance: It is one of the best selling [[cancer]] drugs of all time. It was the drug to be approved from the tyrosine kinase inhibitor class of drugs. Although now considered hyperbole, TIME magazine declared that Gleevec was "converting a fatal cancer into a manageable chronic condition." Has generated significant controversy due to its nearly $65,000 per year cost at a time when global health care budgets are being stretched thin.</ref>A Conversation With Brian J. Druker, M.D., Researcher Behind the Drug Gleevec by Claudia Dreifus, The New York Times, November 2, 2009</ref> | ||
* See [[Pharmaceutical Drugs]] for more information about other drugs and disorders | * See [[Pharmaceutical Drugs]] for more information about other drugs and disorders | ||
