Small market big chance
Although the overall slowdown in the world economy, but including Hungary, Poland, Romania, Croatia and Serbia, the central and eastern European countries and regions but keep a high growth. According to the report by the Frost&Sullivan, from 2009 to 2012, the central and eastern European drugs and medical devices at an average rate of about 7% in the market, in debt crisis and nearly saturated the European market added new vitality. But along with Croatia speed up the pace of joining the European Union, has become the central and eastern European region most investment potential market one.
Good trading partner
In 2009, with the consumer price calculation of Croatia market value of 6.14 billion drug KuNa ($1.17 billion), an increase of 6.55%. In 2010, although by the world economic malaise and Europe to the great influence of consumption atrophy, Croatia has remained relatively stable development momentum, annual rate of about 0.1%. Because Croatia's per capita spending levels higher than drugs
clinical thermometer in southeastern Europe, the future development of the pharmaceutical market still is valued, expected in 2010-2014, the drug market will compound annual growth rate of 5.01% growth. However, the global impact of rising production costs, to maintain a long time high growth slowed in, but still not less than 4%, to 2019 is expected to reach 9.17 billion KuNa ($1.56 billion).
In 2010, China and Croatia medicine for import and export quantity of 30600 tons, up 18.75%, to $25.63 million in exports, 12.18% yoy, and mainly export-oriented. In 2010, China's export pharmaceutical products to Croatia $23.31 million, a 7.56% increase over 2009, the main export products for western medicine raw materials, preparation, health care rehabilitation supplies, disposable consumables and hospital diagnosis and treatment equipment. Including citric acid, amino acids, erythromycin, specially designed kind of active pharmaceutical ingredients, massage appliances product occupies a large proportion.
China is the most important antibiotics and Croatia one of vitamin C source of imports in 2010, Croatia imports from China antibiotics $2.07 million, second only to the United States, which accounts for 12% of total imports, main varieties of imports for erythromycin, which accounts for about 85% of the antibiotics import, Croatia market 70% of vitamin C imports from China. 2011 years ago, eight months, China's exports more than 2010 years of Croatia throughout the year, to $26.47 million, more than 96% year-on-year rate of increase, plant extracts, erythromycin class, vitamins, hospital diagnosis and treatment equipment, medical accessories, and other realize three figures growth, biochemical products but also realize the 10 times above growth.
Medical accounts for 4% of the total output value
Croatia in the pharmaceutical industry to a certain extent and
ear thermometer development and production capacity, the production of various kinds of pharmaceutical products each year more than 1700 tons, accounting for 4% of the whole country manufacturing output, hire employees rate of 1.7%. In 2010, registered in Croatia drug manufacturing and oil wholesalers business 174 home, wholesalers, 220 pharmacist 440 people. One manufacturing 31 enterprises, mainly of domestic enterprises and JadranGalenskiLaboratorij Pulitzer watts, Belupo (JGL); Multinational enterprise about 50 home, mainly for Slovenia Krka and Lek leading enterprise in the company, and glaxosmithkline, novartis, Merck, ladder watts, Pfizer and sanofi.
Plymouth watts (Pliva) company was established in 1921, is the largest
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pharmaceutical enterprise of Croatia, is also the largest pharmaceutical company in central and eastern Europe. The company to produce generic medicine is given priority to, with sales of about $2.5 billion, in the United States, the Czech republic, Poland, Russia and Germany with more than 40 branches, 80% of the products intended for export are mainly sold in the United States, Western Europe and central and eastern European region, to the United States in 2010 the export of 62.8 million euros, and in May 2011 by the government of Croatia get to honor the biggest exporter.
