Research Report of China's OTC Industry

Dominican Republic has a strong culture of traditional and remedies, usually transmitted from one generation another. These remedies are usually made from plants available in the wild, then processed to treat different illnesses. Those remedies  |  more...

Generics’ development through the national government public health programme PROMESE/CAL (Programa de Medicamentos Esenciales y Centro de Apoyo Logístico) during 2011 continued to play an important role in the category. This was because lower-income consumers  |  more...

Cough, cold and allergy (hay fever) remedies had value growth in 2011. However, the number of influenza cases did not change significantly compared to 2010. Fluctuating temperature in summer resulted in higher sales performance of  |  more...

Herbal/traditional products had faster growth than standard products in Latvia in 2011. Herbal/traditional products were present in almost all of consumer health and were more active in terms of new launches and developments compared to  |  more...

In 2011, digestive remedies was one of the most modest performers with value sales up by 11% current value growth notwithstanding further price increases on medicines. Digestive remedies are not viewed as essential products for  |  more...