During 2005-2010,the compound growth of pharmaceutical market is more than 20%,and the market size reaches 926.1 billion yuan in 2012. A huge potential demand of pharmaceutical arising from population aging and the increase in purchasing power brought by the economic development and the improvement of social security system are the sources of expansion of pharmaceutical market. Domestic pharmaceutical enterprises expand with the increasing demand. Foreign invested pharmaceutical enterprises play a role of great importance in China. Especially they occupy a remarkable market share in the high-end third-class hospitals in China. The pharmaceutical market is concentrated in urban areas which are abundant with medical resources. The second-class and the third-class hospitals are the most important part in pharmaceutical market in China. It is estimated that the pharmaceutical market will expand more than 12% annually in 2013-2020.
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