[india-drug] RFI: Indian data on medicines(2)

["Medicine Information Centre @ NIPER" <medinfo@niper.ac.in>]

Dear Group,

In response to the enquiry of Ms. Lakshmi on health care expenditures, we
have gathered the following information.

1.  National public expenditure on medicines (Data for total health
expenditure is procured from WHO Country data)

      Total health expenditure  (in international dollars, 2001)
             Total expenditure on health as % of GDP, 2001
     5.1

    Per capita total expenditure on health at average exchange rate
(US$), 2001
     24

    Per capita total expenditure on health in international
dollars, 2001
     80

2.  Estimated total private medicine expenditure  (Data for total health
expenditure is procured from WHO Country data)

    Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on
health, 2001
     82.1

3. Total value of international medicine aid or donations in past year:  The
data is availble on the donations made by indivudual agencies and it may be
appropriate to pool such data to arrive at a reasonable answer to this
question.

4. What percentage of medicines by value are imported?

Data procured from INDIAN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY: MARKET, REGULATORY,
IMPORT AND INVESTMENT REGIME By Ames Gross, President, Pacific Bridge, Inc.
and Sunil Patel, 2002 (www.pacificbridgemedical.com)

  a.. Size of domestic market (value): US$3 billion
  b.. Per capita annual consumption: US$3
  c.. Number of brands: > 6,500 in 77 therapeutic segments
  d.. Market growth rate (value): 14%
  e.. Imports: 4% of total
  f.. Market share of multinationals (incorporated in India): 40%
  g.. Market share of Indian companies: 60%

Regards,
Ms. Sukhpreet
Medicine Information Pharmacist
Medicine Information Centre at NIPER