This statistic shows the market value of over-the-counter product segments in the United States in 2016 and 2017. In 2017, the U.S. consumers spent about 34.3 billion U.S. dollars on over-the-counter medicines retail.
Sales of over-the-counter medicine product segments in the United States in 2016 and 2017
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Sales value in billion U.S. dollars
2016
33.6
2017
34.3
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Drug Store News. (January 1, 2019). Sales of over-the-counter medicine product segments in the United States in 2016 and 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 23, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/255215/sales-of-otc-medicine-product-segments-in-the-us-by-outlet-type/
Drug Store News. "Sales of over-the-counter medicine product segments in the United States in 2016 and 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 1, 2019. Statista. Accessed January 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/255215/sales-of-otc-medicine-product-segments-in-the-us-by-outlet-type/
Drug Store News. (2019). Sales of over-the-counter medicine product segments in the United States in 2016 and 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/255215/sales-of-otc-medicine-product-segments-in-the-us-by-outlet-type/
Drug Store News. "Sales of Over-the-counter Medicine Product Segments in The United States in 2016 and 2017 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/255215/sales-of-otc-medicine-product-segments-in-the-us-by-outlet-type/
Drug Store News, Sales of over-the-counter medicine product segments in the United States in 2016 and 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/255215/sales-of-otc-medicine-product-segments-in-the-us-by-outlet-type/ (last visited January 23, 2025)
Sales of over-the-counter medicine product segments in the United States in 2016 and 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Drug Store News, January 1, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/255215/sales-of-otc-medicine-product-segments-in-the-us-by-outlet-type/
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