| Forest Laboratories, Inc. and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and sell both branded and generic forms of ethical drug products, which require a physician's prescription, as well as non-prescription pharmaceutical products sold over the counter. The Company's products in the United States consist of branded ethical drug specialties marketed directly or detailed to physicians by its sales forces, Forest Pharmaceuticals, Forest Therapeutics, Forest Healthcare, Forest Ethicare and Forest Specialty Sales. Forest Laboratories, Inc.'s products include Lexapro, the Company's selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) for the treatment of major depression and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD); Namenda, its N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonist for the treatment of moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease; Bystolic, its novel beta-blocker for the treatment of hypertension, and Campral, for the maintenance of alcohol abstinence. |
