INDIAN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY AT A GLANCE IN 2017 - 2018 General Overview
India is the largest provider of generic drugs globally with the Indian generics accounting for 20 per cent of global exports in terms of volume. The Indian pharmaceutical sector is estimated to account for 3.1 – 3.6 per cent of the global pharmaceutical industry in value terms and 10 per cent in volume terms.
Performance for 2017
The Indian pharmaceuticals industry’s revenues are estimated to have grown by 7.4 per cent in FY17. Indian pharmaceutical market grew 5.5 per cent in CY2017 in terms of annual turnover. In March 2018, the market grew at 9.5 per cent year-on-year with sales of Rs 10,029 crore (US$ 1.56 billion).
Projections for the Industry
It is expected to grow to US$100 billion by 2025. The market is expected to grow to US$ 55 billion by 2020, thereby emerging as the sixth largest pharmaceutical market globally by absolute size. By 2020, India is likely to be among the top three pharmaceutical markets by incremental growth and 6th largest market globally in absolute size. The Indian Pharmaceutical sector is expected to generate 58,000 additional job opportunities by the year 2025.
Industry Exports
India’s pharmaceutical exports stood at US$ 16.8 billion in 2017 and are expected to grow by 30 per cent over the next three years to reach US$ 20 billion by 2020, according to the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (PHARMEXCIL). Export of pharmaceutical items reached Rs. 696.84 billion (US$ 10.76 billion) during April 2017 – January 2018.
