In 2018, the United States represented the largest pharmaceutical market globally with a market size of 490.8 billion U.S. dollars. China was the following market by size, generating over 230 billion dollars in the same year.
Global pharmaceutical market in 2018, by region
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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HKExnews. (March 8, 2019). Global pharmaceutical market in 2018, by region (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1085570/pharmaceutical-market-size-by-region/
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