[Ip-health] IMS data on retail pharmacy sales, Brazil up 43%, Argentina up 14%, UK down 3%, Canada up 8%, France up 7%

[James Love]

**** SALES THROUGH RETAIL PHARMACIES ****
(Twelve months to March 2006)

NORTH AMERICA $198.9 billion, up 5%
   United States $186.6billion, up 4%
   Canada $12.4billion, up 7%

EUROPE (leading 5) $91.3billion, up 5%
   Germany $26.7billion, up 8%
   France $24.6billion, up 7%
   United Kingdom $14.8billion, down 3%
   Italy $14.4billion, up 3%
   Spain $10.8billion, up 6%

JAPAN (including hospitals) $58.7billion, up 5%

LATIN AMERICA (leading 3) $17.5billion, up 23%*
   Mexico $7.7billion, up 11%
   Brazil $7.7billion, up 43%*
   Argentina $2.1billion, up 14%*

AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND $5.7billion, up 4%


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