Digestive Remedies in Japan
Euromonitor International's Digestive Remedies in Japan market report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they new product developments, packaging innovations, economic/lifestyle influences, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts illustrate how the market is set to change.
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Tables: 50 | Publication date: Sep 2007
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Product coverage
Child-specific digestive remedies; Diarrhoeal remedies; IBS treatments; Indigestion and heartburn remedies; Laxatives; Motion sickness remedies
Table of contents
OTC HEALTHCARE IN JAPAN : MARKET INSIGHT
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Ongoing growth due to demographic and lifestyle change
Self-medication brings both opportunity and threat
Changes in tax and sales network
Shift towards nuclear family creates innovative packaging
Acquisiton is key to future growth
Vitamins and dietary supplements to dominate projected sales
KEY TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS
Demographic change creates demand for anti-ageing products
Legislation eases regulations on OTC sales
Self-medication to prevent illness needs marketing
Increased merger and acquisition activity in manufacturers and retailers
Increasing number of nuclear families and single-person households exerts a growing influence
MARKET INDICATORS
Table 1 Life Expectancy at Birth 2001-2006
MARKET DATA
Table 2 Sales of OTC Healthcare by Sector: Value 2001-2006
Table 3 Sales of OTC Healthcare by Sector: % Value Growth 2001-2006
Table 4 OTC Healthcare Company Shares by Retail Value 2002-2006
Table 5 OTC Healthcare Brand Shares by Retail Value 2003-2006
Table 6 Penetration of Private Label by Sector 2002-2006
Table 7 Sales of OTC Healthcare by Distribution Format: % Analysis 2001/2006
Table 8 Sales of OTC Healthcare by Sector and Distribution Format: % Analysis 2006
Table 9 Forecast Sales of OTC Healthcare by Sector: Value 2006-2011
Table 10 Forecast Sales of OTC Healthcare by Sector: % Value Growth 2006-2011
APPENDIX
OTC registration and classification
Vitamins and dietary supplements registration and classification
Generics
Consumer expenditure on health goods and medical services
Table 11 Consumer Expenditure on Health Goods and Medical Services 2001-2006
DEFINITIONS
LOCAL COMPANY PROFILES - JAPAN
EISAI CO LTD - OTC HEALTHCARE - JAPAN
STRATEGIC DIRECTION
KEY FACTS
Summary 1 Eisai Co Ltd: Key Facts
Summary 2 Eisai Co Ltd: Operational Indicators
COMPANY BACKGROUND
PRODUCTION
COMPETITIVE POSITIONING
Summary 3 Eisai Co Ltd: Competitive Position 2006
HISAMITSU PHARMACEUTICAL CO INC - OTC HEALTHCARE - JAPAN
STRATEGIC DIRECTION
KEY FACTS
Summary 4 Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co Inc: Key Facts
Summary 5 Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co Inc: Operational Indicators
COMPANY BACKGROUND
PRODUCTION
COMPETITIVE POSITIONING
Summary 6 Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co Inc: Competitive Position 2006
LION CORP - OTC HEALTHCARE - JAPAN
STRATEGIC DIRECTION
KEY FACTS
Summary 7 Lion Corp: Key Facts
Summary 8 Lion Corp: Operational Indicators
COMPANY BACKGROUND
PRODUCTION
COMPETITIVE POSITIONING
Summary 9 Lion Corp: Competitive Position 2006
MIKI CORP - OTC HEALTHCARE - JAPAN
STRATEGIC DIRECTION
KEY FACTS
Summary 10 Miki Corp: Key Facts
Summary 11 Miki Corp: Operational Indicators
COMPANY BACKGROUND
PRODUCTION
Summary 12 Miki Corp: Production Statistics 2006
COMPETITIVE POSITIONING
Summary 13 Miki Corp: Competitive Position 2006
ROHTO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD - OTC HEALTHCARE - JAPAN
STRATEGIC DIRECTION
KEY FACTS
Summary 14 Rohto Pharmaceutical Co Ltd: Key Facts
Summary 15 Rohto Pharmaceutical Co Ltd: Operational Indicators
COMPANY BACKGROUND
PRODUCTION
Summary 16 Rohto Pharmaceutical Co Ltd: Production Statistics 2006
COMPETITIVE POSITIONING
Summary 17 Rohto Pharmaceutical Co Ltd: Competitive Position 2006
SANKYO CO LTD - OTC HEALTHCARE - JAPAN
STRATEGIC DIRECTION
KEY FACTS
Summary 18 Sankyo Co Ltd: Key Facts
Summary 19 Sankyo Co Ltd: Operational Indicators
COMPANY BACKGROUND
PRODUCTION
COMPETITIVE POSITIONING
Summary 20 Sankyo Co Ltd: Competitive Position 2006
SATO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD - OTC HEALTHCARE - JAPAN
STRATEGIC DIRECTION
KEY FACTS
Summary 21 Sato Pharmaceutical Co Ltd: Key Facts
COMPANY BACKGROUND
PRODUCTION
Summary 22 Sato Pharmaceutical Co Ltd: Production Statistics 2006
COMPETITIVE POSITIONING
Summary 23 Sato Pharmaceutical Co Ltd: Competitive Position 2006
SSP CO LTD - OTC HEALTHCARE - JAPAN
STRATEGIC DIRECTION
KEY FACTS
Summary 24 SSP Co Ltd: Key Facts
Summary 25 SSP Co Ltd: Operational Indicators
COMPANY BACKGROUND
PRODUCTION
COMPETITIVE POSITIONING
Summary 26 SSP Co Ltd: Competitive Position 2006
TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD - OTC HEALTHCARE - JAPAN
STRATEGIC DIRECTION
KEY FACTS
Summary 27 Taisho Pharmaceutical Co Ltd: Key Facts
Summary 28 Taisho Pharmaceutical Co Ltd]: Operational Indicators
COMPANY BACKGROUND
PRODUCTION
COMPETITIVE POSITIONING
Summary 29 Taisho Pharmaceutical Co Ltd: Competitive Position 2006
TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD - OTC HEALTHCARE - JAPAN
STRATEGIC DIRECTION
KEY FACTS
Summary 30 Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd: Key Facts
Summary 31 Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd: Operational Indicators
COMPANY BACKGROUND
PRODUCTION
COMPETITIVE POSITIONING
Summary 32 Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd: Competitive Position 2006
DIGESTIVE REMEDIES IN JAPAN
HEADLINES
TRENDS
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
PROSPECTS
SECTOR DATA
Table 12 Sales of Digestive Remedies by Subsector: Value 2001-2006
Table 13 Sales of Digestive Remedies by Subsector: % Value Growth 2001-2006
Table 14 Herbal vs Standard Digestive Remedies 2001/2006
Table 15 Digestive Remedies Company Shares by Retail Value 2002-2006
Table 16 Digestive Remedies Brand Shares by Retail Value 2003-2006
Table 17 Forecast Sales of Digestive Remedies by Subsector: Value 2006-2011
Table 18 Forecast Sales of Digestive Remedies by Subsector: % Value Growth 2006-2011