The statistic presents the total shipment value of the over-the-counter drugs (OTC) market in Japan from 2010 to 2019. The OTC market size was forecasted to amount to approximately 826 billion Japanese Yen by 2019, up from 809 billion yen in 2015.
Shipment value of the over-the-counter drugs (OTC) market in Japan from 2010 to 2015 with a forecast until 2019
(in billion Japanese yen)
market size is based on the shipment value at manufacturers
Method of interview
Face-to-face interviews, telephone interviews
Supplementary notes
*Forecast. Research targets were domestic leading OTC manufacturers. The source states, that the OTC market is calculated by totaling the shipment amounts of both OTC (including guidance-needed medicines, first, second, and third-category nonprescription drugs) and designated quasi drugs (items that became quasi drugs designated by Ministry of Health, Labor andWelfare), such as health drinks sold at convenience stores, etc. The source provides the following information: 'The figures until 2011 are extracted from Statistics on Dynamic Pharmaceutical Industrial Productionfrom MHLW, the figures from 2012 to 2015 are based on prospects by Yano Research Institute, and the figures in 2016 and beyond are forecast calculated by Yano Research Institute.' 100 Japanese yen equal 0.74 U.S. dollars or 0.70 euros as of December 2022. Values have been rounded.
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Yano Research. (November 22, 2016). Shipment value of the over-the-counter drugs (OTC) market in Japan from 2010 to 2015 with a forecast until 2019 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/700736/japan-total-otc-drugs-market-shipment-value/
Yano Research. "Shipment value of the over-the-counter drugs (OTC) market in Japan from 2010 to 2015 with a forecast until 2019 (in billion Japanese yen)." Chart. November 22, 2016. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/700736/japan-total-otc-drugs-market-shipment-value/
Yano Research. (2016). Shipment value of the over-the-counter drugs (OTC) market in Japan from 2010 to 2015 with a forecast until 2019 (in billion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/700736/japan-total-otc-drugs-market-shipment-value/
Yano Research. "Shipment Value of The Over-the-counter Drugs (Otc) Market in Japan from 2010 to 2015 with a Forecast until 2019 (in Billion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Nov 2016, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/700736/japan-total-otc-drugs-market-shipment-value/
Yano Research, Shipment value of the over-the-counter drugs (OTC) market in Japan from 2010 to 2015 with a forecast until 2019 (in billion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/700736/japan-total-otc-drugs-market-shipment-value/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Shipment value of the over-the-counter drugs (OTC) market in Japan from 2010 to 2015 with a forecast until 2019 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph], Yano Research, November 22, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/700736/japan-total-otc-drugs-market-shipment-value/
