Complementary Medicines - France

Published by: Mintel International Group Ltd.

Published: Jul. 1, 2003 - 70 Pages

Table of Contents

• Most common ailments
  
• More frequent sufferers turn to the complementary sector
  
• Age and income
  
• Relatively wide distribution
  
• Around a third of adults use homeopathy/phytotherapy
  
• Market amounts to €10 per capita per annum
  
• So who uses?

Market Drivers

• Incidence of ailments
  
• Figure 1: Complaints suffered in the last 12 months, by all adults and complementary medicine
  group, 2002
  
• Headaches and colds most common ailment in all countries
  
• Target group suffers from more ailments
  
• Figure 2: Complaints suffered from in the last 12 months, (colds/flu and related conditions,
  
• headaches and migraine) by demographic sub-group, 2002
  
• Figure 3: Complaints suffered from in the last 12 months, (digestive, hayfever and joint pain), by demographic sub-group, 2002
  
• Under-35s suffer more colds and related ailments
  
• Changes in structure of population
  
• Figure 4: Trends in French population, 1995-2001
  
• PDI trends
  
• Figure 5: Trends in French personal disposable income and consumer expenditure, at 1995 prices, 1995-2001

The Market

• Legal status of complementary medicines
  
• Attitudes towards complementary medicines

Market size

• Figure 6: Per capita spend on complementary medicines and all self-medication, by country, 2001
  
• Distribution of OTC medicines
  
• Figure 7: Health and beauty retailers - enterprise numbers, 1993-1998

The Supply Structure

• Companies and brands
  
• Arkopharma
  
• IPHYM
  
• Bioforce
  
• Laboratoires Vitarmonyl
  
• Monot
  
• Boiron
  
• Dolisos
  
• Weleda
  
• Lehning Laboratories

New Product Development


The Consumer

• Attitudes towards health and the use of complementary medicines
  
• Figure 8: Attitudes towards health, by all adults and complementary medicine group, 2002
  
• Figure 9: Attitudes towards health and lifestyle, by complementary medicine groups, by country,
  2002
  
• Figure 10: Attitudes towards health, all adults, by demographic sub-group, 2002
  
• Older and more affluent take greater care of their health
  
• Women more open to complementary remedies
  
• Figure 11: Faith in homeopathic medicine/prefer to treat illness with herbs, by complementary medicines groups, by country, 2002
  
• Figure 12: Prefer to treat illness with herbs, CMG vs all adults, by country, 2002
  
• Profile of the complementary consumer
  
• Figure 13: Profile of complementary medicines groups, by age and income, by country, 2002
  
• Asking for advice
  
• Figure 14: Whom consulted for advice, by all adults and complementary medicines group, 2002
  
• Figure 15: Whom consulted for remedies, by country, 2002
  
• Figure 16: Whom consulted for remedies in the last 12 months by complementary medicines group, by demographic sub-group, 2002
  
• More affluent have higher likelihood of consulting alternative health practitioner
  
• Usage of medicines
  
• Figure 17: Remedies used/taken in the last 12 months, by all adults and complementary medicine group, 2002
  
• Use broadly reflects incidence
  
• Complementary users have higher interest in health issues
  
• Figure 18: Products used in the last 12 months, all adults, by age and income, 2002
  
• Figure 19: Products used in the last 12 months, by complementary medicine group, by age and income, 2002

Prospects

• Greatest potential
  
• Target group
  
• Figure 20: Adults who do not use remedies for some ailments, by gender and age, 2002
  
  Forecast
  
  
  
  • Interest in health widespread...
    
  • ...but with a female and youth bias for complementary medicines
    
  • Figure 21: The CMG, by gender and age, 2002
    
  • Shift to older targets
    
  • Figure 22: Forecast of the CMG, by gender and age, 2002
    
  • Older consumers demand different products
    
  • High spend per target member underlies good growth

  
  
  Appendix: Research Methodology
  
  
  Index of reports
  
  
  
  

  Abstract

  This report examines the complementary medicines market in France. As this is a niche sector, detailed market size data are extremely hard to come by. Consequently, this report examines the overall market environment and consumer attitudes towards using alternative treatments. Readers will be able to gauge how attitudes coincide with and/or differ from the other countries examined in this series of reports and assess the likely consumer base and potential take up of complementary products.
  
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