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Research and Markets : The World Pharmaceutical Markets Fact Book 2005

Research and Markets : The World Pharmaceutical Markets Fact Book 2005

Research and Markets (researchandmarkets. com/reports/c13730) has announced the addition of The World Pharmaceutical Markets Fact Book 2005 to their offering.

(PRWEB) March 11, 2005

Research and Markets (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c13730 (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c13730)) has announced the addition of The World Pharmaceutical Markets Fact Book 2005 to their offering.

"The need to understand world pharmaceutical marketplaces, and be able to answer quickly those questions that arise daily, is essential. Therefore an authoritative, current and comprehensive market intelligence source is an invaluable aid for every executive. That source is The World Pharmaceutical Markets Fact Book 2005.

The 300-page Fact Book brings together a comprehensive range of often difficult to source information in one publication.

The report begins with a global overview, ranking the country data for comparative purposes. This is followed by five regional sections, each of which comprises a regional overview and data for individual countries. "

World Overview

Drawing on information presented, the report provides a range of statistics on:

Demographics

Morbidity & mortality

Health expenditure

Hospitals and beds

Admissions & surgical procedures

Physicians, nurses, pharmacists & dentists

Medical equipment market (actual & per capita)

Trade in medical equipment

Regional Overviews

The report provides 5 regional overviews for:

Americas

Asia/Pacific

Eastern Europe

Western Europe

Middle East/Africa

Which provide data on:

Demographics

Morbidity & mortality

Health expenditure

Hospitals & beds

Admissions & surgical procedures

Physicians, nurses, pharmacists & dentists

Medical equipment market (actual & per capita)

Trade in medical equipment

Country Market Statistics

Key facts and figures (where available) for 74 markets around the world, covering:

Population

Population growth

Age structure

Demographic

Births per 1000 population

Deaths per 1000 population

Infant mortality per 1000 live births

Life expectancy for males/females

Healthcare Data

Hospitals (public & private)

Hospital beds

Beds per 1000 population

Patient admission

Patient admissions per 1000 population

Average length of stay

Surgical procedures (000's)

Physicians, nurses & pharmacists

Physicians, nurses & pharmacists per 1000 population

Dentists

Dentists per 1000 population

Leading Causes of Deaths

Circulatory diseases

Cancer

Respiratory diseases

Digestive diseases

External causes

Economic

GDP in US$

GDP per capita in US$ at current prices

GDP growth

Health expenditure (US$)

Health expenditure per capita (US$)

Health expenditure as a % GDP

Public health expenditure as a % of the total

Market Data (where available) including

Pharmaceutical market value

Pharmaceutical market

(per capita & growth rate)

Generic market value

OTC market value

Imports & exports

Per capita pharmaceutical spending

Performance information on 90 major companies

The Fact Book provides details of leading companies

Financial performance from Ajinomoto, Akzo Nobel and

Allergan through to UCB, Wyeth and Yamanouchi

For more information visit http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c13730 (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c13730)

Laura Wood

Senior Manager

Research and Markets

Press@researchandmarkets. com

Fax: +353 1 4100 980

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