The United States is leading the ranking by revenue in the 'Cold & Cough Remedies' segment of the otc pharmaceuticals market, recording 10.7 billion U.S. dollars. Following closely behind is China with 8.1 billion U.S. dollars, while Saudi Arabia is trailing the ranking with 111.49 million U.S. dollars, resulting in a difference of 10.6 billion U.S. dollars to the ranking leader, the United States.
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Definition: The Cold and Cough market comprises over-the-counter natural and synthetic agents to relieve cough, expectorants and sore throat remedies, cold remedies and preparations against flu-like infections. Cough and cold medication includes medicines in the form of pills, syrups, lozenges, sprays, ointments and granulate for external and internal application. Not included are prescription medicines, preparations that are against the state law or are no explicit cold or cough drugs (e.g. painkillers). Among the top-selling medicines for cold and cough are nose sprays, Mucosolvan syrup, Grippostad C, Sinupret forte, Gelomyrtol, Dolo-Dobendan, Aspirin Complex, Bepanthen nose and eye cream, ACC Akut, Neo-Angin, Vick Vaporup, Isla Moos. It includes both products which are exclusively sold in pharmacies and products which can be purchased elsewhere. Sales by hospitals are not included.
Additional Information: The Cold and Cough market comprises revenues, average revenue per capita. Sales channels show online and offline revenue. Revenues include VAT. The market only displays B2C revenues, hence B2B and B2G revenues are not included. For more information on the data displayed, use the info button next to the boxes.
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Statista. (April 8, 2024). Revenue of the cold & cough remedies market worldwide by country in 2023 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/forecasts/758623/revenue-of-the-cold-and-cough-remedies-market-worldwide-by-country
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Statista. (2024). Revenue of the cold & cough remedies market worldwide by country in 2023 (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/forecasts/758623/revenue-of-the-cold-and-cough-remedies-market-worldwide-by-country
Statista. "Revenue of The Cold & Cough Remedies Market Worldwide by Country in 2023 (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Apr 2024, https://www.statista.com/forecasts/758623/revenue-of-the-cold-and-cough-remedies-market-worldwide-by-country
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