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Top Therapy Areas
Based on Pharmacy Purchases
September '98 - August '99
for 13 leading
countries world wide *
 
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Top Therapy Areas Overview
- In the top categories
worldwide growth in Alimentary/ Metabolism and Musculo-skeletal
products has moved up to 6% and 14% - to $31.5 and $10.5
billion respectively.
- Of the top five categories
in the United States Anti-Infectives, and CNS
agents are performing above the market average at 15% and
14% respectively.
- Driving growth in
the Japanese market are good sales for Respiratory
(stable at +11%), Anti-Infectives (+10% to $5.4 billion)
and Cardiovascular (up 7% to $8.2 billion) products.
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IMS HEALTH's five year global
pharmaceutical sales trend information is available for immediate
purchase and download. Click here for more...
This, and previous,
months data is available from the download section in spreadsheet
format. Click here.
* Source: IMS Monthly
Midas. Any use of this information
must be sourced to IMS HEALTH.
Please note data
collection, values and definitions.
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