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Analgesics in China

Published Sep 19, 2025
Length 24 Pages
SKU # EP20423652

Description

Analgesics in China is recording low-single-digit value growth in 2025 as the performance of topical and systemic segments diverges. Systemic analgesics like acetaminophen and ibuprofen remain weak: a second consecutive mild paediatric fever season has left shelves full and manufactures and pharmacies are trying to cut orders to clear excess stock. Whether overall systemic sales can recover now depends on how severe the coming winter cold-and-flu season proves to be. Manufacturers are replacing...

Euromonitor International's Analgesics in China report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data 2020-2024, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. Forecasts to 2029 illustrate how the market is set to change.

Product coverage: Systemic Analgesics, Topical Analgesics/Anaesthetic.

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

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* Get a detailed picture of the Analgesics market;
* Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
* Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands;
* Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.

Table of Contents

24 Pages
Analgesics in China
Euromonitor International
September 2025
List Of Contents And Tables
ANALGESICS IN CHINA
KEY DATA FINDINGS
2025 DEVELOPMENTS
Topicals drive growth amid systemic weakness
Yunnan Baiyao sustains leadership through innovation and community pain services
Offline pharmacies maintain reach as O2O e-commerce accelerates analgesics access in China
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Rising prevention and professional care weigh on paediatric analgesics demand in China
Digital transformation and smart distribution reshape OTC analgesics
Strengthening child-resistant packaging standards in China’s pharmaceutical market
CATEGORY DATA
Table 1 Sales of Analgesics by Category: Value 2020-2025
Table 2 Sales of Analgesics by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
Table 3 NBO Company Shares of Analgesics: % Value 2021-2025
Table 4 LBN Brand Shares of Analgesics: % Value 2022-2025
Table 5 Forecast Sales of Analgesics by Category: Value 2025-2030
Table 6 Forecast Sales of Analgesics by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
CONSUMER HEALTH IN CHINA
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Consumer Health in 2025: The big picture
Key trends in 2025
Competitive landscape
Channel developments
What next for Consumer Health?
MARKET INDICATORS
Table 7 Consumer Expenditure on Health Goods and Medical Services: Value 2020-2025
Table 8 Life Expectancy at Birth 2020-2025
MARKET DATA
Table 9 Sales of Consumer Health by Category: Value 2020-2025
Table 10 Sales of Consumer Health by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
Table 11 NBO Company Shares of Consumer Health: % Value 2021-2025
Table 12 LBN Brand Shares of Consumer Health: % Value 2022-2025
Table 13 Penetration of Private Label in Consumer Health by Category: % Value 2020-2025
Table 14 Distribution of Consumer Health by Format: % Value 2020-2025
Table 15 Distribution of Consumer Health by Format and Category: % Value 2025
Table 16 Forecast Sales of Consumer Health by Category: Value 2025-2030
Table 17 Forecast Sales of Consumer Health by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
APPENDIX
OTC registration and classification
Vitamins and dietary supplements registration and classification
Self-medication/self-care and preventive medicine
Switches
DISCLAIMER
DEFINITIONS
SOURCES
Summary 1 Research Sources

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