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Demand for Drugs in Developing Countries Will Continue to Grow, Report Finds

April 20, 2010

"Drug sales may grow at least 5 percent worldwide in each year through 2014 as increasing demand in developing countries offsets price drops tied to generic competition, according to [the research company] IMS Health Inc.," Bloomberg/Business Week reports. "Driving much of the growth in developing countries is China, which is set to become the third-largest pharmaceutical market next year, behind the U.S. and Japan. ... The top disease areas for growth will be in diabetes, cancer, HIV, and multiple sclerosis, IMS said, " the news service writes (Pettypiece, 4/20).

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