In 2021, the value of pharmaceutical drugs imported to Japan from the United States amounted to around 688.3 billion Japanese yen. Imports from Germany ranked second with an amount worth about 634.4 million yen.
Value of pharmaceutical drug imports to Japan in 2021, by region (in billion Japanese yen)
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Statistics on Pharmaceutical industry in Japan
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Global pharmaceutical market - revenue distribution 2010-2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Number of medical drug manufacturing plants Japan 2021, by production value
- Premium Statistic Total asset of major companies in pharmaceutical industry Japan 2021
- Premium Statistic Volume share of generics in prescription drug market Japan 2005-2021
Production
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- Premium Statistic Production value of pharmaceutical drugs Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Share of drug production value Japan 2012-2021, by type
- Premium Statistic Share of drug production value Japan 2021, by category
- Premium Statistic Share of drug production value Japan 2021, by drug form
- Premium Statistic Production value of prescription drugs Japan 2012-2021
International trade
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- Premium Statistic Value of imported pharmaceutical drugs to Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Value of exported pharmaceutical drugs from Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Value of imported pharmaceutical drugs to Japan 2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Value of exported pharmaceutical drugs from Japan 2021, by region
Sales
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- Premium Statistic Prescription and OTC drug wholesales share in Japan FY 1990-2020
- Premium Statistic Prescription drug market size Japan 2002-2021
- Premium Statistic Share of prescription drug sales Japan FY 2011-2020, by channel
- Premium Statistic Share of prescription drug market Japan 2010-2019 , by category
- Premium Statistic Sales value of leading drugs Japan FY 2021
Expenditure
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- Premium Statistic R&D spending of pharmaceutical companies in relation to sales Japan FY 2015-2021
- Premium Statistic R&D spending of pharmaceutical companies Japan FY 2015-2021
- Premium Statistic R&D expenditure of leading pharmaceutical manufacturers Japan 2020
- Premium Statistic Ad expenses of the pharmaceuticals industry Japan 2012-2021
Approval and patent
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- Premium Statistic Number of pharmaceutical products approved by PMDA Japan FY 2020, by type
- Premium Statistic Number of prescription drugs approved by PMDA Japan FY 2015-2020, by type
- Premium Statistic Number of new drugs approved by PMDA Japan FY 2014-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of patents in the pharmaceutical industry Japan 2021, by type
- Premium Statistic Companies with the highest number of pharmaceutical patent applications Japan 2021
Leading companies
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- Premium Statistic Major pharmaceutical companies in prescription drug sales Japan 2021, by distributor
- Premium Statistic Net sales of leading generics makers Japan 2020
- Basic Statistic Takeda Pharmaceutical's revenue FY 2012-2021
- Basic Statistic Otsuka Holdings' net sales FY 2012-2021
- Basic Statistic Astellas Pharma's revenue FY 2012-2021
- Basic Statistic Daiichi Sankyo's revenue FY 2012-2021
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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- Breakdown production sanitary materials Japan 2018, by product
- Revenue of the manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products in Italy 2010-2020
- Pharmacists per pharmacy in Spain 2021, by region
- Revenue of the pharmaceutical industry in Italy 2020, by sector
- Pharmacies in Spain 2021, by autonomous community
- Pharmacies in Spain 2007-2021
- Import value of pharmaceutical products in Turkey 20200-2021, by country
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- Employees in U.S. biopharmaceutical industry by occupational share 2020
- Number of biopharma venture financing deals 2017-2022
- Global market value of pharmaceutical packaging 2015-2022
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MHLW (Japan). (December 23, 2022). Value of pharmaceutical drug imports to Japan in 2021, by region (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/743662/japan-value-of-pharmaceutical-drug-imports-by-major-country/
MHLW (Japan). "Value of pharmaceutical drug imports to Japan in 2021, by region (in billion Japanese yen)." Chart. December 23, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/743662/japan-value-of-pharmaceutical-drug-imports-by-major-country/
MHLW (Japan). (2022). Value of pharmaceutical drug imports to Japan in 2021, by region (in billion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/743662/japan-value-of-pharmaceutical-drug-imports-by-major-country/
MHLW (Japan). "Value of Pharmaceutical Drug Imports to Japan in 2021, by Region (in Billion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/743662/japan-value-of-pharmaceutical-drug-imports-by-major-country/
MHLW (Japan), Value of pharmaceutical drug imports to Japan in 2021, by region (in billion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/743662/japan-value-of-pharmaceutical-drug-imports-by-major-country/ (last visited March 28, 2023)
Value of pharmaceutical drug imports to Japan in 2021, by region (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph], MHLW (Japan), December 23, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/743662/japan-value-of-pharmaceutical-drug-imports-by-major-country/