Introduction

Increasing generics volume uptake will provide much needed cost-savings in the less mature markets of France, Italy, Spain, and Japan, and requires regulators to incorporate effective utilization incentives for key stakeholders. While volume will grow in the US, Germany, and the UK, regulators are increasingly looking to capture value from generics by pushing down price and speeding market access.

Scope

*An overview of generics market size, and volume and value uptake in each of the seven major markets.

*An analysis of erosion trends in terms of volume and value uptake, price changes, and number of generics entrants across the seven major markets.

*An insight into major issues shaping the US, European, and Japanese generics markets.

*An overview of the effects of recent industry consolidation, and financial performance for the leading generics companies.

Highlights

The mature generics markets of the US, Germany, and the UK, are the largest of the seven major markets (the US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK and Japan), and also show the highest levels of generic volume uptake. Indeed, erosion is greatest and most rapid in the largest generics market, the US.

The industry continues to face considerable barriers to uptake in the less mature markets of France, Italy, Spain, and Japan, with the absence of effective incentives the key issue. Conversely, pricing and regulatory pressures in the more mature generics markets act to drive down the value of these markets.

Competitive pressures across the seven major markets have intensified to the extent that the operating margin of the leading generics companies has declined between 2002 and 2008, while that of companies with a historical emerging market focus has changed little.

Reasons to Purchase

*Learn how the seven major markets compare, in terms of generics market size, and volume and value uptake.

*Gain an insight into the key trends and events which have and continue to impact on the generics market in the US, Europe, and Japan.

*Understand how consolidation and competitive market pressures have affected the operating margin of major industry players.