In the fiscal year 2022, medical prescription drugs were the largest category with regard to the wholesale of pharmaceuticals in Japan, accounting for a sales value of approximately 13 trillion Japanese yen. That year, the total wholesale value of pharmaceuticals at pharmaceutical wholesale companies in Japan amounted to around 14.2 trillion yen.
Wholesale value of pharmaceuticals in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by category
(in billion Japanese yen)
fiscal year 2022; the Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year
Special properties
excluding nine companies that do not have sales figures for pharmaceutical wholesale
Supplementary notes
Figures were based on a survey. The survey was conducted among 93 certified wholesale companies that belong to the Japan Pharmaceutical Wholesalers Association (JPWA) or Japan Generic Drug Distributors Association.
100 Japanese yen equal 0.64 U.S. dollars or 0.6 euros as of May 2024. Values have been rounded.
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (March 30, 2024). Wholesale value of pharmaceuticals in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by category (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1430190/japan-wholesales-value-of-pharma-by-category/
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Wholesale value of pharmaceuticals in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by category (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, March 30, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1430190/japan-wholesales-value-of-pharma-by-category/
