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Analgesics in Egypt
Jan 2019
Analgesics remained one of the biggest consumer health categories in Egypt in 2018, with diclofenac accounting for the largest share of current value sales within it. Offering a multitude of brands that are available via chemists/pharmacies across ...
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Analgesics in Slovakia
Dec 2018
Slovak consumers have a tradition of taking drugs to overcome various viral or bacterial diseases causing pain, in order to avoid visiting doctors and spending hours in their waiting rooms. Analgesics was popular among consumers, especially in the ...
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Analgesics in Bulgaria
Dec 2018
The negative demographic trends in Bulgaria associated with an ageing population stimulated growth of topical analgesics/anaesthetic. Another strong driver of its outstanding performance was increasing exposure of active consumers to joint trauma and...
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Analgesics in Colombia
Dec 2018
Analgesics remained the largest category within OTC consumer health in Colombia in 2018. Analgesics is a mature category, so its growth is driven by innovation, specialisation and quality. New technologies applied by the main players have resulted in...
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Analgesics in Saudi Arabia
Dec 2018
Consumers in Saudi Arabia are using analgesics more often now to remedy mild to moderate pain, including headaches, fever and inflammation, and many are using one or two analgesics on a daily basis. Additionally, analgesics are being used as ...
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Analgesics in Poland
Dec 2018
Polish society has become accustomed to taking painkillers. This is the most common way to deal with pain, especially for short-term and instant relief. As the pace of life increases, the consumer has no time to visit the doctor and to investigate ...
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Analgesics in New Zealand
Dec 2018
Domestic demand for over-the-counter pain medication over the past few years has been increasing due to rising consumer confidence in self-medication, and the growing range of pain relief products available in both non-grocery and grocery retailers. ...
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Analgesics in Singapore
Dec 2018
As analgesics is one of the most mature OTC categories, innovations will be an important factor in driving category growth over the forecast period. Companies will continue to focus on producing analgesics with fast-acting and strong formulations, ...
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World Market for Consumer Health Products
Dec 2018
Consumer Health is finishing 2018 in a similar position to past years, with OTC drugs struggling to break out of secular patterns of low growth in various markets, and vitamins and dietary supplements sustaining stronger benchmarks because of broader...
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Analgesics in Hungary
Dec 2018
Although analgesics is quite mature in Hungary, and is one of the largest consumer health categories, it is expected to continue to increase further in the forecast period. The stable, positive performance of the category is driven by a combination ...
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Analgesics in South Africa
Nov 2018
The South African economy is in recession, with it facing falling disposable incomes and high unemployment, as well as declining consumer confidence, with the retail environment remaining very challenging in 2018. Consumers are cutting down on ...
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Analgesics in Kazakhstan
Nov 2018
In 2018 adult aspirin recorded the highest value sales growth in analgesics in Kazakhstan. The strong sales of adult aspirin were due to the fact that aspirin eliminates or mitigates various pain syndromes, infectious-inflammatory diseases, cold- and...
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Analgesics in Venezuela
Nov 2018
In Venezuela, systemic analgesics are positioned as products for light and moderate pain and general discomfort. Acetaminophen is commonly positioned as appropriate to treat mild fever and often advertised as “safe” for dengue cases because other ...
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Analgesics in Sweden
Nov 2018
Since the 2015 ban on sales of acetaminophen tablets in grocery retailers in Sweden, channel distribution was affected, with decreasing sales through grocery retailers. One could reasonably expect that overall value sales of acetaminophen would go ...
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Analgesics in Latvia
Nov 2018
The number of consumers that self-medicate grew as analgesics continued to be one of the largest OTC categories in terms of value sales. Self-medication plays an important role in Latvian healthcare for several reasons. For minor illnesses, ...
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Analgesics in Finland
Nov 2018
Analgesics can be sold in the pharmacy channel and the online stores of registered pharmacies. Among various organisations, the Finnish Commerce Federation has actively lobbied for the liberalisation of sales of certain OTC products in grocery ...
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Analgesics in Australia
Nov 2018
Increasing concerns in Australia about the addictive nature of codeine resulted in the rescheduling of all codeine-containing OTC medicines to prescription-only status in February 2018. This ban on OTC sales of codeine had a significant impact on ...
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Analgesics in Spain
Nov 2018
A growing number of Spaniards are increasing the frequency of their sporting activities. Over the review period, a growing percentage of Spaniards looked for cheap leisure activities, including taking part in sports. The trend was supported by ...
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Analgesics in Peru
Nov 2018
Pharmacy chains are pushing the sales of their own private label lines to the detriment of international brands. Private label analgesics are cheaper than branded products, affecting the latter’s sales. Moreover, national laboratories participate in ...
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