Medications

4 types of medications generally prescribed

Anticholinergics
Beta-2-Agonists
Combinations
Corticosteroids

The most prescribed drugs

The five largest companies in the asthma and COPD market,
GSK, AstraZeneca, Merck, Boehringer Ingelheim and Schering-Plough,
control over 75% of market share.

Advair^® (Fluticasone and Salmeterol) / GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

Symbicort^® (Budesonide and Formoterol) / AstraZenca (AZ)