Market Report, "Sweden Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report Q1 2015", published

From: Fast Market Research, Inc.
Published: Fri Nov 28 2014


Declining government reimbursement for prescription medicines does not bode well for innovative drugmakers selling their products in Sweden, particularly as the government is the primary purchaser of pharmaceuticals. Furthermore, over the long term, pushing costs onto a population with fewer young people to financially support the elderly will ultimately work to reduce the consumption of higher-value innovative pharmaceuticals.

Headline Expenditure Projections

* Pharmaceuticals: SEK36.28bn (USD5.70bn) in 2013 to SEK36.41bn (USD5.36bn) in 2014; +0.38% in local currency terms and -5.9% in US dollar terms.
* Healthcare: SEK351.16bn (USD55.18bn) in 2013 to SEK356.95bn (USD52.56bn) in 2014; +1.6% in local currency terms and -4.7% in US dollar terms.

Risk/Reward Index: We continue to view Sweden as a moderately attractive regional market. On the positive side, factors such as the country's high per capita incomes and strong regulatory foundations will continue to promote per capita spending on pharmaceuticals and healthcare in general. However, the downward pressure on pharmaceutical prices will continue to be acutely felt in this small market of fewer than 10mn people.

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Key Trends And Developments

Sweden has the best healthcare system to deal with diabetes of all the EU member states, including Norway and Switzerland, as it has a better national registry, according to the 2014 Euro Diabetes Index launched in Vienna. Sweden was followed by the Netherlands, Denmark and the UK, while Bulgaria, Lithuania and Estonia scored lowest. The analysis, which came from the Health Consumer Powerhouse (HCP), was based on 28 defined indicators and areas, including prevention, case finding, range and reach of services, access to treatment and care, procedures and outcomes. Sweden only needs to improve its prevention under 'Exercise in compulsory school', according to the HCP.

About 850,000 false prescriptions are corrected by pharmacies every year in Sweden,...

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