Worldwide Rx drug sales excluding generics and orphan drugs 2012-2026

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Matej Mikulic,
Oct 24, 2022
This statistic shows the sales of prescription drugs worldwide excluding generics and orphan drugs, from 2012 to 2026, in billion U.S. dollars. In 2012, sales for prescription drugs excluding generics and orphan stood at some 598 billion U.S. dollars which is estimated to increase up to over one trillion U.S. dollars in 2026.

Prescription drugs sales worldwide excluding generics and orphan drugs from 2012 to 2026 (in billion U.S. dollars)

CharacteristicSales in billion U.S. dollars
2012 598
2013 598
2014 613
2015 598
2016 614
2017 624
2018 659
2019 681
2020 689
2021* 794
2022 817
2023 846
2024 901
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July 2021

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as of May 2021

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This statistic was assembled from several editions of the report.
* From 2021 on, all values are forecasts.

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