Boston, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/22/2015 -- Czech Republic's disease and drug consumption profile illustrates a considerable gap between it and Western Europe, suggesting that the population's demand for high-value innovative medicines will continue until convergence. The healthcare spending of the Czech population remains superior to that of the less-developed markets of Eastern and South Eastern Europe, demonstrating that demand in these regions will be even higher. However, the government's short-term ability to provide these medicines remains a key challenge.

Headline Expenditure Projections

- Pharmaceuticals: CZK76.93bn (USD3.66bn) in 2013 to CZK74.24bn (USD3.38bn) in 2014; -3.5% in local currency terms and -7.6% in US dollar terms. Forecasts significantly lower compared to previous quarter.

- Healthcare: CZK290.94bn (USD13.83bn) in 2013 to CZK303.17bn (USD13.81bn) in 2014; +4.2% in local currency terms and -0.2% in US dollar terms. Forecasts changed due to historical revision to 2012 figures.

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Risk/Reward Index: Despite placing second in our regional Q115 RRI table with a score of 60.8 out of 100, and therefore ranked as the second most attractive market in the Central and Eastern European - beaten only by Poland (61.5) and followed closely by Greece (57.9), drugmakers will face challenges in the Czech pharmaceutical market as a result of pricing pressure, poor access to the market and increasing generic substitution. Additionally, adopted and proposed amendments to healthcare and insurance laws have attracted criticism from the pharmaceutical sector. The Czech pharmaceutical market will nevertheless remain relatively attractive and rewarding due to the regionally high pharmaceutical expenditure per capita compared with its neighbours, an ageing population and a favourable urban-rural distribution.

Key Trends And Developments

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The Czech Republic Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report features Business Monitor International (BMI)'s forecasts for drugs and healthcare expenditure and imports and exports, focusing on the growth outlook for the prescription, OTC, patented drugs and generics market segments.

BMI's Czech Republic Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report provides industry professionals, strategists, company executives, investors, analysts and sales/marketing heads with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the Czech Republic pharmaceutical and healthcare industry.

Key Benefits

- Benchmark BMI's pharmaceutical and healthcare market forecasts for Czech Republic, to test other views - a key input for successful budgeting and strategic business planning in the Czech pharmaceutical and healthcare market.

- Target business opportunities and risks in the Czech pharmaceutical and healthcare sector through our reviews of latest industry trends, regulatory changes and major deals, projects and investments in Czech Republic.

- Assess the activities, strategy and market position of your competitors via our Company Profiles (inc. SWOTs, KPIs and latest activity) and Competitive Landscape Tables.

Coverage

BMI Industry View

An at-a-glance perspective on the latest regulatory developments, key forecast indicators and major corporate developments, covering the prescription, OTC and generics markets. The pharmaceuticals and healthcare SWOT outlines strategic factors that affect the basic assumptions underpinning BMI?s forecast analysis, and taken together with BMI?s political, economic and business environment SWOTs, it gives a complete overview of market climate.

BMI Industry Forecast Scenario

Industry forecasts to end-2019 for all key indicators, supported by explicit assumptions, plus analysis of key downside risks to the main forecasts:

Healthcare: Total healthcare expenditure (USDbn), healthcare expenditure (% of GDP), healthcare expenditure per capita (USD), hospital beds, doctors, and birth & mortality rates (all per ?000 population).

Pharmaceutical Market: Drug expenditure in USDbn, % of GDP and per capita (USD).

Patented Drug Market: Prescription drug sales (USDbn & % of total sales).Generic Drug Market: Generic product sales (USDbn), generic sales (% of total sales).
OTC Drug Market: OTC sales (USDbn & % of total sales).

Macroeconomic Forecasts: Nominal and real GDP, % real GDP growth, % private consumption growth, % industrial output growth, % consumer price index, % GDP price deflator, exports, imports, trade balance, current account balance, foreign direct investment, exchange rate against USD, government expenditure and external debt.

BMI?s Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Risk Reward Index

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