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The Market For OTC Healthcare In China Saw Growth Of Approaching 11% In Current Value Terms In 2005 - Medicated Skin Care In China.


DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c44413) has announced the addition of Medicated medicated /med·i·cat·ed/ (med´i-kat?id) imbued with a medicinal substance.

medicated

contains a medicinal substance.
 Skin Care in China to their offering.

The Medicated Skin Care in China report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data (2000-2005), allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they new product developments, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts to 2010 illustrate how the market is set to change.

Product coverage: acne acne, common inflammatory disease of the hair follicles and sebaceous glands characterized by blackheads, whiteheads, pustules, nodules and, in the more severe forms, by cysts and scarring. The lesions appear on the face, neck, back, chest, and arms.  treatments, antipruritics, topical germicidals/antiseptics, topical allergy remedies/antihistamines, topical antifungals, vaginal antifungals, antiparasitics/lice (head and body) treatments, medicated shampoos, hair loss treatments, lip care treatments, haemorrhoid treatments, child-specific medicated skin care, nappy (diaper) rash treatments

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares and brand shares

Why buy this report?

- Get a detailed picture of the medicated skin care industry

- Identify factors driving change

- Understand the competitive environment, the market's major players and leading brands

- Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop

Highlights

- Strong performance underpinned by weather

- Healthy growth of antipruritics

- Haemorrhoid treatments see highest sales

- Growing preference for self medication impacts vaginal antifungals

Content Outline:

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

2. OPERATING ENVIRONMENT In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system.  

3. OTC OTC

See: Over-the-counter.


OTC

See over-the-counter market (OTC).
 HEALTHCARE SALES

4. MEDICATED SKIN CARE SALES

5. DEFINITIONS

Sustained growth in 2005 supported by increasing preference for self-medication

The market for OTC healthcare in China saw growth of approaching 11% in current value terms in 2005, underpinned by the continued rise in the preference of consumers to self-medicate. According to according to
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2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

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 the Survey of State Hygiene Service in 2003, almost 45% of the population in Chinese cities and towns, and 79% of the population in rural areas, have no medical insurance, which means they cannot reimburse their medical costs.

Thus these consumers tend to purchase medicines themselves instead of seeing a doctor's advice, mainly due to the lower cost in the retail channel. On the other hand, while consumers in cities are able to reimburse the medical expenses, they are also willing to purchase medicines on an OTC basis for added convenience.

Companies Mentioned Include:

- Amway (China) Co Ltd

- Qingdao Jiante Biological Investment Co Ltd

- Wyeth Pharmaceutical Co Ltd

- Bristol-Myers Squibb Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), colloquially referred to as BMS, is a pharmaceutical corporation, formed by a 1989 merger between pharmaceutical companies Bristol-Myers Company, founded in 1887 by William McLaren Bristol and John Ripley Myers in Clinton, NY (both were  (Shanghai) Trading Co Ltd

- Harbin Pharmaceutical Group

- Joincare Pharmaceutical Group Industry Co Ltd

- Minsheng Pharmaceutical Group

- Perfect (China) Co Ltd

- Xian Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd

- GlaxoSmithKline (Tianjin) Pharm Co Ltd

- Panlong Yunhai Pharmaceutical Corp

- Shanghai Green Valley Group Co Ltd

- Shanghai Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Ltd

- Dyne dyne (dīn), unit of force in the cgs system of units, which is based on the metric system; an acceleration of 1 centimeter per second per second is produced when a force of 1 dyne is exerted on a mass of 1 gram.  Pharm Co Ltd

- Chiatai Qing Chun Bao Pharm Co Ltd

- Jilin Xiuzheng Pharmaceutical Co Ltd

- Vital (Sichuan) Biotech bi·o·tech  
n. Informal
Biotechnology.


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Noun

short for biotechnology

Noun 1.
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- Guangxi Jin Sang Zi Pharm Co

- Sanjiu Enterprise Group

- Shandong Bausch & Lomb Freda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd

- Guangxi Guilin Sanjin Medicine Group

- Jiangzhong Pharmaceutical Co

- Beijing Zizu Pharm Co Ltd

- Shanghai Jiao jiao   also chiao
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- Nin Jiom Medicine Mfy (Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. ) Ltd

- Jilin Gankang Pharmaceutical Co Ltd

- Yangshengtang Co Ltd

- Guangdong Shunde Hong Fu Loi Healthcare Product Co Ltd

- Tibet Linzhi Qizheng Tibetan Medicine Fty

- Cadbury (China) Food Co

- Shandong Dong-E E-Jiao Co Ltd

- Shenzhen Tai Tai Tai tai is a term used in Chinese circles, which translates in its strictest sense as 'supreme wife' where a man is wealthy enough (Tai-pan) to have several wives. The term implies respect but it is no longer strictly interpreted.  Pharmaceutical Co Ltd

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