Consumer Health

Bayer AG remains the third largest company in Consumer Health in 2019. The company’s OTC portfolio still represents the lion’s share of its consumer health sales due to its recognised powerbrands, but strong competition and a slowing innovation ...

Johnson & Johnson Inc (J&J) is the second largest company in consumer health. OTC remains its most important category, supported by its global power brands, while its presence in vitamins and dietary supplements (VDS) continues to be limited. The ...

National Health Insurance in Taiwan has faced deficits over several consecutive years partly due to drug abuse and the public’s over-reliance on subsidised medical services. To sustain the National Health Insurance programme, the government has been ...

Vitamins and dietary supplements in Latin America continues to develop as consumers become increasingly aware of healthy lifestyles, long-term disease prevention and available product variety. A current low per capita consumption rate in the region ...

Western Europe is the third biggest region for digestive remedies. Sales are growing, due to increasingly unhealthy diets and stress, promoting growth in antacids. On the other hand, consumers in the region are becoming more interested in healthy ...

This report analyses the market for consumer health in Myanmar. For the purposes of the study, the market has been defined as follows:...

This report analyses the market for consumer health in Iraq. For the purposes of the study, the market has been defined as follows:...

This report analyses the market for consumer health in Jordan. For the purposes of the study, the market has been defined as follows:...

This report analyses the market for consumer health in Oman. For the purposes of the study, the market has been defined as follows:...

Rising incomes and urbanisation are driving sales of consumer health in Laos. More consumers can now afford these products and access the widening range of options available in urban areas, while growing demand is encouraging new product development....

With the Spanish economy continuing to recover and, as a result, the unemployment rate also maintaining a solid downward trajectory, 2019 saw consumer health in Spain record a similarly positive current value growth rate to a year earlier. The ...

Consumer health in Malaysia continues to be driven positively by consumers engaging in self-medication and self-care amid their stressful, time-pressed, modern lifestyles. This sees them addressing digestive issues that arise from busier lives and ...

This report analyses the market for consumer health in Sri Lanka. For the purposes of the study, the market has been defined as follows:...

This report analyses the market for consumer health in Kuwait. For the purposes of the study, the market has been defined as follows:...

Consumer health in Australia saw a considerable acceleration in growth in 2019 as demand increased across numerous categories due to rising consumer spending and strong demand among an affluent urban consumer base. Many of Australian’s urban ...

OTC sales continue to grow in Thailand, driven by the lower unit prices of such medicines in Thailand compared to the higher prices of prescribed medicines in hospital or in medical consultations. Cough, cold and allergy (hay fever) remedies remain ...

2019 saw consumer health in Denmark continue to register strong positive sales growth as various trends influenced the market in different ways. Demand continued to increase across all OTC categories, the result of the growing self-medication trend. ...

Consumer health recorded accelerating retail value growth in 2019, with the vast majority of categories achieving positive results. OTC recorded stronger growth than in the previous year thanks to greater awareness of self-medication. Busy and hectic...

Whilst consumer health continued to see retail current value growth in 2019, this was lower than in the previous three years due to increasing maturity. OTC is still heavily restricted compared with in other developed countries. Most consumers still ...

Cambodia has one of the fastest growing economies in the region with an expanding mid-income group that is increasingly interested in modern consumer health options. However, consumer health faces competition from unregulated prescription medicine ...