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Medicated Skin Care in Saudi Arabia

Consumers became more confident in seeking advice about embarrassing ailments during the review period. While there continue to be considerable social taboos surrounding issues such as vaginal fungal infections, haemorrhoids and lice, there was a ...

Nov 2012 | US$900| Add to cart | View details ›

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NRT Smoking Cessation Aids in Saudi Arabia

The government adopted an increasingly anti-smoking stance during the review period. There were initial attempts to introduce smoking bans in many cities. In addition, the government dramatically increased taxation levels for tobacco products during ...

Nov 2012 | US$900| Add to cart | View details ›

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Consumer Health in Saudi Arabia

Consumer health saw strong growth for the review period as a whole, with this linked to consumers’ growing confidence in self-medication. Consumers began to take an increasingly proactive approach to their health, with this trend encouraged by a ...

Nov 2012 | US$2,400| Add to cart | View details ›

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Sports Nutrition in Saudi Arabia

Sports nutrition saw volume sales decline in 2011 over the previous year. This was linked to a shift to foreign internet retailing sites for the purchase of protein powder, which accounts for all sales in this product area. This trend was linked to ...

Nov 2012 | US$900| Add to cart | View details ›

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Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in Saudi Arabia

There was growing health-consciousness in Saudi Arabia during the review period. This trend was partly linked to a growing media focus on health issues, while the Swine Flu epidemic in the middle of the review period also resulted in many consumers ...

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Weight Management in Saudi Arabia

Weight problems are widespread in Saudi Arabia and continued to become more significant during the review period. This was partly due to rich traditional diets and the widening popularity of consumer foodservice. It was also linked to highly ...

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Wound Care in Saudi Arabia

Strong marketing support from leading player Johnson & Johnson continued to drive growth at the end of the review period. From 2009 onwards, this player invested in frequent TV advertising for value-added variants from its Band-Aid range such as ...

Nov 2012 | US$900| Add to cart | View details ›

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Adult Mouth Care in Saudi Arabia

Adult mouth care continued to benefit at the end of the review period from a widening range of products becoming available during the review period. 2008 for example saw the introduction of affordable domestic brand Piodin by Tabuk, while ...

Nov 2012 | US$900| Add to cart | View details ›

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Analgesics in Saudi Arabia

While Saudi Arabia has a strong legislative framework for the classification of OTC and Rx medicines, UTC sales of Rx medicines are widely available. If a consumer requests a brand of Rx analgesics by name, they will generally be able to obtain these...

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Calming and Sleeping in Saudi Arabia

The government did little to prevent UTC sales of Rx medicines in most product areas during the review period, with most chemists/pharmacies selling Rx products on request without a prescription or even recommending these products to customers. ...

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