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In 2003 the Sales Value in China's OTC Drug Market Achieved as High as USD 36 Billion

Monday October 8 12:03 AM

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c70591) has announced the addition of "China OTC Drug Market Report, 2007" to their offering.

By 2003, the global OTC drug market had reached 63 billion, and China's OTC drugs shared 5.7% of the global market, only behind North America, West Europe and Japan. In 2003, the sales value in China's OTC drug market achieved as high as USD 3.6 billion.

Currently, China has owned 4488 varieties of OTC drugs, including 3511 kinds of Chinese traditional patent medicine and 977 kinds of chemical drugs. The former occupies about 25% of the gross drug volume in China. Besides, Chinese traditional patent medicine shared over 40% in China's OTC drug market.

Contents:

1. Overview of OTC Drugs

1.1 Drug Classification

1.2 Selection standard

1.3 Market scale

1.4 China's OTC medicine varieties

2. Analysis on OTC drug market

2.1 Overall analysis

2.2 Driving forces

2.3 Major factors influencing enterprise competency

2.3.1 Product quality and curative effect

2.3.2 Prices

2.3.3 Brand reputation

2.3.4 Construction and maintenance of marketing channels

3. Analysis on major companies

3.1 Tongrentang

3.2 Yunnan Baiyao

3.3 CONBA

3.4 Jiangzhong Pharmaceutical

Development scale of China's OTC medicine market, 2001-2005

Proportion of drugs by type in China's OTC market, 2005

Proportion of drugs by type in China's OTC market, Feb 2007

Sales revenue and gross profit margin of chemical raw material drugs, preparations and traditional Chinese patent medicine industries, 1998-2006

Variation in indicators of the pharmaceutical industry

Major factors influencing consumer's medicine-purchase behaviour

Main differences between RX and OTC medicine

Ranking of proportion of each chemical medicine by sales value in the retail market, Feb 2007

Ranking of proportion of each Chinese traditional patent medicine by sales value in the retail market, Feb 2007

Ranking of proportion of each healthcare product by sales value in the retail market, Feb 2007

Ranking of China's OTC medicine manufacturers by sales, 2005

Price decrease in China's pharmaceutical industry

Ranking of sales value of medicine retail market by major city, Feb 2007

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c70591.

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