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Business News/ Industry / Manufacturing/  World’s drug bill to rise to $1.4 trillion in 2020: Report
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World’s drug bill to rise to $1.4 trillion in 2020: Report

According to a report so-called specialty therapies will dominate spending, with oncology treatments totalling $110 billion, followed by autoimmune drugs

The US will spend the most on drugs, with 41% of the global bill. China will spend $150 billion to $180 billion in 2020, representing a 6% to 9% compound annual growth rate. The global growth rate is 4% to 7%. Photo: BloombergPremium
The US will spend the most on drugs, with 41% of the global bill. China will spend $150 billion to $180 billion in 2020, representing a 6% to 9% compound annual growth rate. The global growth rate is 4% to 7%. Photo: Bloomberg

San Francisco: The world’s annual pharmaceutical bill will grow by about a third to $1.4 trillion in 2020 as brand-name drugs for cancers and rare diseases come to market, according to researchers at the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics.

Among the report’s top findings are:

- So-called specialty therapies will dominate spending, with oncology treatments totalling $110 billion, followed by autoimmune drugs. Treatments for viral hepatitis, including Gilead Science Inc.’s hepatitis C drugs Sovaldi and Harvoni along with AbbVie Inc.’s Viekira Pak, will make up $48 billion.

- The US will spend the most on drugs, with 41% of the global bill. China will spend $150 billion to $180 billion in 2020, representing a 6% to 9% compound annual growth rate. The global growth rate is 4% to 7%.

- IMS estimates 225 new treatments will be introduced in the next five years. Of these, drugs for rare diseases and cancers will dominate. Bloomberg

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Published: 18 Nov 2015, 02:26 PM IST
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