Pharma market to grow by 4.8% a year in 2016-2021

The pharma market is set to grow by 4.8 percent a year on average in the period between 2016-2021. This year, the market will see an increase of 5.2 percent to PLN 34.1 billion, a report by PMR said. In the next few years, the market will grow by five percent in 2017 and 2018 and then growth will slow down to 4.7 percent in 2019, to 4.6 percent in 2020 and to 4.4 percent in 2021. In 2015, the prescription drugs market grew by 7 percent, while the OTC (over the counter) business increased by two percent.