In fiscal year 2022, medical prescription drugs were the largest product type regarding the sales value of medicine of Japanese pharmaceutical manufacturers and sellers, accounting for a sales value of approximately 14.3 trillion Japanese yen. That year, the total sales value of medicine of pharmaceutical manufacturers and sellers amounted to around 16.5 trillion yen, including overseas sales.
Sales value of medicine of pharmaceutical manufacturers and sellers in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by product type
(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 23 companies that have not entered pharmaceutical sales by product type; including overseas sales
Supplementary notes
Figures were based on a survey. The survey was conducted among 306 certified companies that manufacture and sell pharmaceutical products and belong to one of 15 organizations of The Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Associations of Japan.
100 Japanese yen equal 0.66 U.S. dollars or 0.61 euros as of April 2024. Values have been rounded.
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (March 29, 2024). Sales value of medicine of pharmaceutical manufacturers and sellers in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by product type (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1434272/japan-sales-value-of-medicine-by-product-type/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Sales value of medicine of pharmaceutical manufacturers and sellers in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by product type (in billion Japanese yen)." Chart. March 29, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1434272/japan-sales-value-of-medicine-by-product-type/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2024). Sales value of medicine of pharmaceutical manufacturers and sellers in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by product type (in billion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1434272/japan-sales-value-of-medicine-by-product-type/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Sales Value of Medicine of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Sellers in Japan in Fiscal Year 2022, by Product Type (in Billion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1434272/japan-sales-value-of-medicine-by-product-type/
Statistics Bureau of Japan, Sales value of medicine of pharmaceutical manufacturers and sellers in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by product type (in billion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1434272/japan-sales-value-of-medicine-by-product-type/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Sales value of medicine of pharmaceutical manufacturers and sellers in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by product type (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, March 29, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1434272/japan-sales-value-of-medicine-by-product-type/
