The Netherlands Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report

    • Independent 5-year pharmaceutical and healthcare industry forecasts for Netherlands.
    • Original pharmaceutical and healthcare market research and pharmaceutical and healthcare sector trend analysis for the Dutch pharmaceutical and healthcare industry.
    • Competitive intelligence, Dutch pharmaceutical and healthcare company rankings and SWOT analyses on international and domestic pharmaceutical and healthcare companies in the Dutch market.

The Netherlands Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report has been researched at source and features the latest available data and forecasts to 2012 covering drugs and healthcare expenditure, the prescription, OTC and generics markets, and foreign trade; company rankings and competitive landscapes including multinational and national drugs companies; and analysis of latest industry news, trends and regulatory developments.

Business Monitor International’s Netherlands Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report provides industry professionals, market investors and corporate and financial services analysts with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the Dutch pharmaceutical and healthcare industry.

" "Merz Pharmaceuticals uses BMI's Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Reports to support forecasting for European market performance on a mid-term base. Your statements regarding future developments in European pharmaceuticals markets are useful as a plausibility check against our own forecasts." "
Dr. Ralf Weirich, Head BU New Projects / Metabolism M + S International, Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Germany

Key Benefits of Report

    • Benchmark BMI’s Independent 5-year Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Industry Forecasts on Netherlands to test other views – a key input for successful budgeting and strategic business planning in the Dutch pharmaceutical and healthcare market.
    • Target Business Opportunities & Risks in the Dutch Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Sector through our reviews of latest industry trends, regulatory changes and major deals, projects and investments in Netherlands.
    • Exploit The Latest Competitive Dutch Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Intelligence & company SWOTS on your competitors and peers through company rankings by sales, market share and ownership structure – includes multi-national and national companies in Netherlands.

Coverage

Executive Summary & Industry SWOT

An at-a-glance perspective on latest regulatory developments, key forecast indicators and major corporate developments, covering the prescription, OTC and generics markets. The SWOT outlines strategic factors which affect BMI’s forecast analysis, and taken together with BMI’s Economic and Business Environment SWOTS, give a complete overview of market climate.

Market Summary

Outline of market characteristics, growth factors, leading therapeutic segments and a competitivness of the market.

Regulatory Regime

Guide to and analysis of country intellectual property developments and pricing & reimbursement issues, which constitute the regulatory make-up of the market.

Industry Developments

Focus on government healthcare reforms, epidemiological trends, company M&As, product launches, market entries, FDI activity, R&D and patent legislation.

BMI 5-Year Industry Forecast

5-Year Forecasts to end-2011 for all key industry indicators (see list below), supported by explicit assumptions, plus analysis of key downside risks to the main forecast, including:

  • Drug market expenditure (US$bn); drug expenditure per capita (US$); as % of gdp
  • Prescription drug market (US$bn)/as % of total market; sales by alimentary tract/metabolism; antibiotics, cardiovascular, central nervous system, oncology, musculoskeletal and respiratory system
  • OTC market (US$bn)/as % of total market (sales by analgesic, cough and cold, digestives, skin treatments, vitamins and minerals)
  • Generics market (US$bn)/ as % of total market
  • Health expenditure (US$bn, % of gdp and per capita); public sector health expenditure as % of total; number of hospitals; beds, hospital admissions, doctors, births and deaths per 000 population

Forecasts based on bespoke BMI economic modelling, using historical data sets of macroeconomic and industry variables to derive rigorous statistical relationships, anchored in advanced linear regression techniques.

BMI 5-Year Macroeconomic Forecasts

BMI forecasts for all headline macroeconomic indicators, including:
Nominal and real GDP, % real GDP growth, % private consumption growth, % industrial output growth, % consumer price index, % GDP price deflator, exports, imports, trade balance, current account balance, foreign direct investment, exchange rate against US$, government expenditure, external debt

Competitive Landscape & Profiles

Intelligence on the market position of major MNC power houses and indigenous companies. BMI profiles key research-based companies. Company SWOTS are provided for all key strategic players, complete with a company activity overview, its leading products and analysis of business opportunities.

BMI's Executive Summary

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The drug market in the Netherlands is continuing to develop, aided by favourable economic conditions and a modern health sector, often cited as one of the most effective systems in the world. Over the forecast period we expect sales to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.46%, which is modest compared with the more dynamic markets further east, but is in line with the mature Western European market. The main drivers will be the generics sector, which is benefiting from increasing government support. However low consumption patterns, in direct opposite to nearby France, are continuing to have a deflationary impact on the overall sector.

The Netherlands' healthy economy and stable political environment are key assets and should help to underpin the drug market. According to BMI's Country Risk team GDP should grow by 3% in 2007, ahead of most of the Eurozone economies. Meanwhile the gradual liberalisation of the over-the counter (OTC) should help the pharmaceutical sector to develop. In July 2007, the government mandated the sale of some OTC products in supermarkets and hypermarkets without the presence of a pharmacist. Although only low-dosage products, considered to have minimal risk, will be available, it should still present considerable upside to sector growth. BMI forecasts that OTC drugs will reach a value of US$0.89bn by 2012.

BMI, however, has downgraded growth forecasts for the generics drug sector following planned price cuts. A two-year multiparty agreement will force a 10% reduction in the prices for off-patent branded drugs and their generic equivalents. Meanwhile, drugs with patents set to expire in 2008 will face a 50% price cut. Even though a fall in price often causes a spike in volume sales, BMI still believes the measures will have a negative impact.

Meanwhile, the Netherlands takes sixth position in BMI's Business Environment Rankings for the Western European Region. We have completely overhauled the methodology in Q108 giving greater weight to regulatory factors affecting the drug market, while utilising a more nuanced analysis of countryspecific economic and political factors. The Netherlands' position derives mainly from stagnant growth in its drug market and low per-capita spending.

Competitive Landscape for Europe Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare: Sample of Companies Ranked

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Cross-border analysis of regulatory systems comparing the patenting environment, summarising regional pricing and reimbursement factors and monitoring the growth of the Pharmaceuticals sector across the region. Company SWOTs cover leading multinational and national drug companies operating in each market.

Network of European Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Sources

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BMI's Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Reports are based on an extensive network of multilateral organisations, government departments, pharmaceutical & healthcare industry associations, chambers of commerce and company reports. Information sources include:

 

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