* Forecast.
Spending in US$ with variable exchange rates. Growth in US$ with constant exchange rates. Specialty therapies are defined by IMS as products that are
often injectable, high-cost, biologic or requiring cold-chain distribution. They are mostly used by specialists, and include treatment for cancer and other
serious conditions, and often involve complex patient follow-up and monitoring. Therapy forecasts from IMS Health Therapy Prognosis Global October
2014 adapted by IMS Health Institute for Healthcare Informatics to represent global sales and to include additional therapy classes. Abbreviations: ADHD:
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; CNS: Central Nervous System; HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
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Top therapy spending areas in pharmerging markets 2018
This statistic shows the top therapy areas in the "pharmerging" markets as projected for 2018, by spending in billion US dollars. By 2018, expenditure on oncology in these markets is projected to reach between ** and ** billion U.S. dollars.
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