In 2022, the Japanese prescription drug market was valued at more than 10.9 trillion Japanese yen, the historically highest value. The market size expanded by over four trillion yen throughout the past two decades.
Sales value of the prescription drug market in Japan from 2001 to 2022 (in trillion Japanese yen)
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Sales
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Leading companies
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IQVIA. (June 1, 2023). Sales value of the prescription drug market in Japan from 2001 to 2022 (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 10, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/665315/japan-prescription-drugs-sales-value/
IQVIA. "Sales value of the prescription drug market in Japan from 2001 to 2022 (in trillion Japanese yen)." Chart. June 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 10, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/665315/japan-prescription-drugs-sales-value/
IQVIA. (2023). Sales value of the prescription drug market in Japan from 2001 to 2022 (in trillion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 10, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/665315/japan-prescription-drugs-sales-value/
IQVIA. "Sales Value of The Prescription Drug Market in Japan from 2001 to 2022 (in Trillion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/665315/japan-prescription-drugs-sales-value/
IQVIA, Sales value of the prescription drug market in Japan from 2001 to 2022 (in trillion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/665315/japan-prescription-drugs-sales-value/ (last visited December 10, 2023)
Sales value of the prescription drug market in Japan from 2001 to 2022 (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph], IQVIA, June 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/665315/japan-prescription-drugs-sales-value/