The global pharmaceutical market: current state, forecast and prospects
According to the report done by the international research company IMS Health, the value of the global pharmaceutical market, despite the impact of the crisis, was above 800 billion US dollars in 2009. That is +7% compared to the pervious year level. The market growth at the end of 2010 is predicted to equal 4-6% and its value 825 billion US dollars. In 2011 the overall pharmaceutical market growth is supposed to reach 5-7% against 2010 to reach 880 billion US dollars in value.