Table 5 Pharmaceutical sales by disease category in Canada, Germany, South Korea, and the United Kingdom and their correlation with innovation activities in each country
Therapeutic category | Pharmaceutical Sales (2016, million USD) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Canada | Germany | South Korea | United Kingdom | |
Alimentary tract and metabolism | 2884.1 | 4871.8 | 3438.8 | 2394.2 |
Blood and blood forming organs | 802.9 | 3138.5 | 1919.8 | 1390.3 |
Cardiovascular system | 2974.5 | 4830.1 | 2822.5 | 1728.5 |
Genito urinary system and sex hormones | 1120.4 | 867.7 | 667.7 | 960.2 |
Systemic hormonal preparations, excluding sex hormones and insulins | 376.0 | 1233.7 | 209.7 | 819.9 |
Antiinfectives for systemic use | 1731.6 | 3582.1 | 2697 | 3168.8 |
Musculo-skeletal system | 687.2 | 1554.3 | 1232.1 | 618.1 |
Nervous system | 4231.6 | 5818.8 | 1931.9 | 4392.2 |
Respiratory system | 1460.7 | 2360.9 | 969.2 | 2231.9 |
Associations with innovation activities in each country | 0.706* | 0.642 | 0.730* | 0.783* |