Datamonitor's OTC Pharmaceuticals Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the otc pharmaceuticals industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis.

Scope of the Report

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies

* Covers Global, European, Asia-Pacific & 11 individual country markets

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

Highlights

The global OTC pharmaceuticals market generated total revenues of $88.7 billion in 2006, this representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.1% for the five-year period spanning 2002-2006.

Traditional medicines proved the most lucrative for the global OTC pharmaceuticals market in 2006, generating total revenues of $22.6 billion, equivalent to 25.5% of the market's overall value.

The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 5.4% for the five-year period 2006-2011 expected to drive the market to a value of $115.4 billion by the end of 2011.

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Definition

The OTC pharmaceuticals market values the total sales of analgesics, cough and cold preparations, indigestion preparations, medicated skin products, traditional medicines, vitamins and minerals and other OTC healthcare products at retail selling price (RSP) and includes any applicable taxes. The data in this industry profile is based on the most recent figures available at the time of publication and any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2005 annual average exchange rates.

For the purposes of this report, Europe is deemed to consist of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

Asia-Pacific is deemed to consist of Australia, China, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

The Americas consists of the US, Brazil, Canada and Mexico.

The global market consists of Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas.