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    In 2015, the market scale of generalized children's medicine is expected to reach 133.8 billion yuan

    • Last Update: 2015-10-21
    • Source: Internet
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    Source: the lack of children's special drugs and the lack of children's medication information in the drug manual on October 21, 2015 of China business intelligence network is a common problem in the world In recent years, more and more attention has been paid to children's drug use The United States, Japan and the European Union have all legislated and supervised children's drug use, and encouraged drug companies to carry out clinical research on children's drug use It is expected that, with the encouragement and support of the government, the market of children's medicine will grow rapidly The number and proportion of paediatric outpatients have increased year by year, reflecting the strong medical demand From 2000 to 2012, the number of paediatric outpatients in general hospitals in China has more than tripled, reaching 176 million, CAGR is 10.22%, and the proportion of outpatients in the total number of children has increased from 20.47% to 79.00% China's broad children's drug market is over 100 billion yuan, the market growth rate is fast, and the growth rate is expected to continue At present, the phenomenon of adult drug use in children is serious According to the data from the south, the market size in the broad sense is twice that in the narrow sense Since 2004, children's drug market has maintained a growth rate of more than 10%, and CAGR is 11.58% It is estimated that the narrow sense and broad sense children's drug market will reach 66.9 billion yuan and 133.8 billion yuan respectively by 2015 In horizontal comparison, the per capita drug consumption of Chinese children is less than 1 / 10 of that of the United States, which has great potential In 2010, the US drug market reached US $310 billion, including US $16.5 billion for children (0-14 years old), accounting for 5.32% In 2010, China's drug market reached 755.6 billion yuan, of which 39.2 billion yuan was for children, accounting for 5.19% In 2010, the average amount of drug use per child in China and the United States was 176 yuan and 1956 yuan, respectively The gap of more than ten times shows the huge potential of Chinese children's drug market  
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