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Sales value of the over-the-counter medication market in Great Britain 2000-2020

Published by Matej Mikulic, Apr 8, 2021
Since 2000, the annual sales value of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines in Great Britain has grown nearly year-on-year. At the start of the provided time interval the sales value of OTC medicines was 1.65 billion British pounds, by 2019 this figure stood at 2.74 billion British pounds, but decreased a little during 2020.

OTC category breakdown

From the 2.63 billion pounds sales value that OTC medicines amounted to in 2019, pain relief was the category with the highest sales value at over 658 million pounds. The second highest category was vitamins and minerals with a sales value of 495 million pounds, and then cough, cold, and sore throat at 344 million pounds.

Leading brands in the market

In the UK, the among the leading adult oral analgesics (also known as painkillers) brands by sales value was Nurofen with a sales value of around 80 million British pounds. The pediatric analgesic market was dominated by Calpol with a sales value of more than 50 million British pounds.

Annual sales value of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines in Great Britain from 2000 to 2020 (in billion GBP)

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Release date

2021

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2000 to 2020

Supplementary notes

All outlets excluding health food stores.

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