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IMS World Pharmaceutical Market Summary April 2009
IMS Health 2009 Apr 23
http://view.respond.imshealth.com/?j=fe9313767466007876&m=fef31377726304&ls=fdf51577706d027d77137070&l=fe9c15707462047873&s=fe29157773640379751c75&ju=fe4d13737c630c7e701c&r=0

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Sales Through Retail Pharmacies (Twelve months to February 2009*)
NORTH AMERICA $222.9 billion up 2%
U.S.A. $206.7 billion up 2%
CANADA $16.1 billion up 6%
EUROPE (TOP 5) $111.3 billion up 1%
GERMANY $34.4 billion up 2%
FRANCE $30.0 billion up 0%
UK $15.0 billion down 2%
ITALY $16.7 billion up 0%
SPAIN $15.0 billion up 3%
JAPAN (including hospitals) $70.8 billion up 2%
LATIN AMERICA (TOP 3) $23.5 billion up 9%
BRAZIL $12.0 billion up 11%
MEXICO $8.1 billion up 0%
ARGENTINA $3.2 billion up 22%
VENEZUELA $4.5 billion up 31%
AUSTRALIA/NZ $7.5 billion up 7%

The top 5 therapy classes at ATC3 level in the 12 months to February 2009 were:
1. C10A – Cholesterol & trigly. regulators
2. A2B – Antiulcerants
3. N6A – Antidepressants & mood stabilisers
4. N5A – Antipsychotics
5. N3A – Anti-epileptics
The top 5 products in the 12 months to February 2009 were:
1. Lipitor
2. Plavix
3. Nexium
4. Seretide/Advair
5. Enbrel
The top 5 corporations in the 12 months to February 2009 were:
1. Pfizer
2. GlaxoSmithKline
3. AstraZeneca
4. Novartis
5. Sanofi-Aventis