This statistic depicts a projection for the total prescription drug revenue worldwide from 2019 to 2024. In 2019, the industry is expected to generate 844 billion U.S. dollars in prescription drug revenue worldwide. Revenues are expected to reach nearly 1.2 trillion U.S. dollars by 2024. There is an increasing growth especially in sales of so-called orphan drugs for the treatment of rare diseases.
Projected worldwide total prescription drug revenue from 2018 to 2024
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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Evaluate. (June 4, 2019). Projected worldwide total prescription drug revenue from 2018 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 06, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/309387/global-total-prescription-drug-revenue-projection/
Evaluate. "Projected worldwide total prescription drug revenue from 2018 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. June 4, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 06, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/309387/global-total-prescription-drug-revenue-projection/
Evaluate. (2019). Projected worldwide total prescription drug revenue from 2018 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 06, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/309387/global-total-prescription-drug-revenue-projection/
Evaluate. "Projected Worldwide Total Prescription Drug Revenue from 2018 to 2024 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/309387/global-total-prescription-drug-revenue-projection/
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