The analgesics market in Western Europe was overtaken as the second largest global region for sales by Asia Pacific in 2012 and continues to grow slowly, faced with relatively static national markets and a consumer base that increasingly eschews ...

In Asia Pacific, trends around healthy lifestyles and prevention among older consumers trying to avoid expensive healthcare costs and extend healthy lifespans are generating growth opportunities for VDS firms, while growth is concentrated mainly ...

Consumers globally are moving towards a more holistic and long-term weight management approach in order to improve health. These factors are reshaping the weight management and wellbeing (WMW) industry and pushing it towards innovations around clean ...

Part 2 of this global briefing series takes a deeper dive into the issues surrounding global analgesics sales, including how manufacturers are working around opioids, how a global patchwork of regulations affects sales in different regions, and how ...

Since 2015, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has settled in as the global leader in consumer health thanks to its joint venture with Novartis that helped the company to strengthen its OTC portfolio, through key brands such as Voltaren, and expand its presence ...

Although the global market for analgesics is outsized by cough, cold, and allergy medications (CCAs) within OTC consumer health, the category totalled global retail value sales of USD22.5 billion in 2016; an 11% increase since 2011. Looking forward, ...

Bayer AG, the third largest consumer health company in the world in 2016, continues its strong performance in over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. The company’s acquisition of Merck & Co in 2014 added important brands such as Claritin to Bayer’s portfolio, ...

Trends toward healthy lifestyles and disease prevention among consumers aiming to avoid expensive healthcare costs and extend healthy life spans are generating growth opportunities and challenges for VDS firms, while regulatory frames are ...

As economic growth continued to be positive in 2016, GDP growth improved and so did the overall consumer health market. The stability of unit prices in chemists/pharmacies also encouraged increased expenditure on consumer health products. As ...

Herbalife is the world’s leading direct seller in consumer health, with products in weight management and wellbeing, vitamins and dietary supplements, and sports nutrition. Despite recent scrutiny regarding the company’s business model, Herbalife is ...

The strong performance of consumer health over the review period was maintained in 2016, despite decreasing consumer spending due to the overall economic slowdown in Saudi Arabia, which was brought about by falling oil prices. Demand is being ...

Consumer health in Singapore continued to post solid retail current value growth in 2016. This can be attributed to stronger consumer health awareness as a result of increasing media coverage of health issues and government initiatives to promote ...

Consumer health saw its strongest annual current value growth of the review period in 2016 thanks to a growing self-medication trend. This was partly due to long waiting times in the public healthcare system and the high cost of private healthcare, ...

Consumer health in the United Arab Emirates recorded stable current value growth in 2016, as the Ministry of Health continued to regulate the market by keeping prices low in the fast growing healthcare sector. The year witnessed a major milestone for...

Renewed interest in natural healing and wellness has advanced growth and innovation in herbal/ traditional (H/T) consumer health. Meanwhile, increasing regulation and formalisation of H/T medicine has the potential to constrain the industry’s ...

Societies are ageing rapidly, healthy life expectancy is longer, and people are looking and feeling younger than ever before. What do more mature populations mean for economies, companies and consumers? This first of two reports looks at the ...

2016 results confirm that Estonia has fully recovered from recession. Over the counter medicine and food supplements have stabilised, and seen moderate value growth. Sports nutrition sales were boosted with the expansion into retail grocery stores, ...

The consumer health industry in Kenya recorded positive growth in 2016 on the back of rising investor confidence, increasing disposable incomes, good economic projections and several marketing initiatives by top brands. The year witnessed numerous ...

The idea of reaching the bottom of the pyramid (BOP) in emerging and developing countries is no longer the reserve of the development community, but has become increasingly salient for businesses. In a global environment of slowing growth, weaker ...

The consumer health industry in Japan posted another year of positive value growth in 2016, partly as a result of the government’s promotion of self-medication in an effort to reduce its healthcare spending, which is rising, largely due to the ...