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Figure 1: Pain classification and representative indications.
Figure 2: Total value and market share by sales in the seven major pharmaceutical markets of major pain drug classes in 2009.
Figure 3: Projected annual peak sales of selected pain drugs representative for the various categories of pain medications.

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Melnikova, I. Pain market. Nat Rev Drug Discov 9, 589–590 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd3226

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