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"Our analysis of patient-flow to Seroquel XR shows that 30 percent of the patients who take it after another agent previously received Seroquel, indicating that Seroquel XR continues to garner a major portion of its business in patients using it as a replacement for Seroquel. However, approximately one-third of surveyed physicians plan to use Seroquel XR more often in the first-line over the next two years, which suggests that competitors will need to position themselves to combat Seroquel XR's growing use as a first-line treatment," stated Madhuri Borde, Ph.D., product director of Treatment Algorithms at Decision Resources.

About Treatment Algorithm Insight Series

Decision Resources combines in-depth primary research with the most extensive claims-based longitudinal patient-level data from IMS Lifelink: Health Plans Claims database to provide exceptional insight into physicians' prescribing trends and the factors that drive therapy product choice, from diagnosis through multiple courses of treatment, for a specific disease.

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