1. U.S Critical Care Antibiotics Markets Increasing Incidence of Critical Care Infections and Bacterial Resistance Drives Market Growth “With instances of nosocomial infections - infections originating in hospitals - continuing to expand in numbers and intensities, there is a strong demand for effective critical care antibiotics.” Pharmaceutical Biotech Analyst Team Frost & Sullivan

2. Industry Trends Few multinational companies dominate with shrinking major brands per segment Decreasing in-patient/out-patient ratios with early transfer to community practice Group purchase organizational deals in hospitals with rapidly increasing reimbursement concerns Focused injectable antibiotics in critical care with oral options for step-down therapy Specialized hospital marketing / selling strategies

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6. What’s Included Total critical care antibiotics markets Critical care cephalosporins market Critical care quinolones market Critical care penicillins market Critical care carbapenems market Other critical care antibiotics market (including new classes)

7. Key Market Participants Abbott Laboratories AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Bayer Pharmaceutical Division Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Eli Lilly & Co. Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc. GlaxoSmithKline Johnson & Johnson King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Lederle Labs Merck & Co., Inc. Pfizer, Inc. Pharmacia Corp. Roche Biosciences

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