Pharmaceuticals:- Stats and Facts

Pharmaceuticals:- Stats and Facts

India is currently the largest producer of generics drugs in the world.

India contributes to 40% of the United States’ generic demand and over 50% of global demand for various vaccines.

Share of generic drugs in India’s pharmaceutical market revenue is 70%.

China is the largest API-producing country in the world. 

Gujarat is considered the “pharma capital” of India (Gujarat absorbs up to 18% of investment in pharmaceuticals).

Hyderabad is considered as the "Bulk Drug Capital of India" 

Top AIDs drugs manufacturer worldwide is GlaxoSmithKline.

AbbVie’s Humira "(adalimumab)" is currently the world's top-selling drug (19.2 billion US dollars sales worldwide in 2019). Humira is a branded biologic medication (Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blocker) used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions.  

The Most Expensive Prescription Drugs in the World is Zolgensma (by Novartis). Zolgensma is approved by USFDA in 2019 to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).The drug is Priced $2.1 million per dose.

The richest pharmaceutical company in the world is  Pfizer (2019 revenues $51.75 bn).

Sun Pharma is the world's fourth largest specialty generic pharmaceutical company and India's top pharmaceutical company.

Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd. is the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by number of doses produced and sold globally (more than 1.5 billion doses each year). Serum Institute of India is ranked as India's No. 1 biotechnology company. About 65% of the children in the world receive at least one vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute.

TAPI (Teva Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) is the leading manufacturer of APIs in the world.

Germany exported the highest dollar value worth of drugs and medicines during 2019 (US$56.9 billion).