prescription drug market
... Long Instructor Michael Knoll Pharmaceutical Market Information Pharmaceutical products include; prescription drugs, over the counter drugs, diagnostics and biological products. ... Annual sales for the world pharmaceutical market reached approximately $320 billion in 2000, up from $296 billion in 1999. In North America, pharmaceutical sales grew 14% to $153 billion, representing more than 48% of the market share in 2000. Europe has the second largest market share at 24% and Japan is now the third-largest market at 16%. ... is the only country among industrialized countries that fails to protect citizens from discriminatory pricing of prescription drugs.