Kuwait Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report Q4 2014 - New Market Research Report

From: Fast Market Research, Inc.
Published: Wed Nov 19 2014


Notwithstanding a recent escalation in political uncertainty, Kuwait's healthcare sector is forecast to preserve its trajectory of modest growth through out the remainder of 2014. Rising sales are underpinned by an expanding population, whose levels of chronic conditions increasingly call for the supply of long-term treatments and cutting-edge medical equipment. In addition , apprehension towards fake generics and an accompanying government crackdown ha ve further solidified popular demand for branded drugs. However, a confusing bureaucracy and sluggish implementation of key f oreign d irect i nvestment and i ntellectual p roperty reform will continue to dampen overall investment and restrain Kuwait from matching the pace of other emerging economies.

Headline Expenditure Projections

* Pharmaceuticals: KWD290mn (USD1.02bn) in 2013 to KWD306mn (USD1.10bn) in 2014; +5.6% in local currency terms and +7.6% in US dollar terms. Forecast unchanged from Q3 2014.
* Healthcare: KWD1.43bn (USD5.03bn) in 2013 to KWD1.56bn (USD5.58bn) in 2014; +8.8% in local currency terms and +10.8% in US dollar terms. Forecast unchanged from Q3 2014.

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Risk/Reward Rating

Kuwait scores 58.5 in BMI's Pharmaceutical Risk/Reward Rating (RRR) for Q414 - unchanged from Q2 and Q3 2014. Kuwait remains in second place, behind Saudi Arabia, out of a total of 31 markets in the region.

Key Trends a nd Developments

In September 2014 Kuwait's government adopted a plan under which it slashed daily allowances offered to patients and their companions for treatments abroad. This is the most recent part of ongoing government initiatives to improve the quality of local healthcare infrastructure and reduce the need to send patients overseas for treatment. More of these measures, with corresponding additional local investment, are likely in the near term.

In September 2014 Kuwait's health ministry entered a four-year contract with Sayyed Hameed Behbehani and Sons Co. to design,...

The Kuwait Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report features Business Monitor International (BMI)'s forecasts for drugs and healthcare expenditure and imports and exports, focusing on the growth outlook for the prescription, OTC, patented drugs and generics market segments.

BMI's Kuwait Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report provides industry professionals, strategists, company executives, investors, analysts and sales/marketing heads with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the Kuwaiti pharmaceutical and healthcare industry.

Key Benefits

* Benchmark BMI's independent pharmaceutical and healthcare industry forecasts for Kuwait to test other views - a key input for successful budgeting and strategic business planning in the Kuwaiti pharmaceutical and healthcare market.

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