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The 2011-2016 World Outlook
for Antibiotics
By
Philip M. Parker, Ph.D.
Chaired Professor of Management Science
INSEAD (Singapore and Fontainebleau, France)
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About the Author
Dr. Philip M. Parker is the Eli Lilly Chaired Professor of Innovation, Business and Society at INSEAD where he has
taught courses on global competitive strategy since 1988. He has also taught courses at MIT, Stanford University,
Harvard University, UCLA, UCSD, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Professor Parker is
the author of six books on the economic convergence of nations. These books introduce the notion of
“physioeconomics” which foresees a lack of global convergence in economic behaviors due to physiological and
physiographic forces. His latest book is Physioeconomics: the basis for long-run economic growth (MIT Press
2000). He has also published numerous articles in academic journals, including, the Rand Journal of Economics,
Marketing Science, the Journal of International Business Studies, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, the
International Journal of Forecasting, the European Management Journal, the European Journal of Operational
Research, the Journal of Marketing, the International Journal of Research in Marketing, and the Journal of
Marketing Research. He is also on the editorial boards of several academic journals.
Dr. Parker received his Ph.D. in Business Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
and has Masters degrees in Finance and Banking (University of Aix-Marseille) and Managerial Economics
(Wharton). His undergraduate degrees are in mathematics, biology, and economics (minor in aeronautical
engineering). He has consulted and/or taught courses in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, North
America, and Europe.
About this Series
This series was created for international firms who rely on foreign markets for a substantial portion of their business
or who might be threatened by international competition. The estimates given in this report were created using a
methodology developed by and implemented under the direct supervision of Professor Philip M. Parker, the Eli Lilly
Chaired Professor of Innovation, Business and Society, at INSEAD. The methodology relies on historical figures
across countries. Reported figures should be seen as estimates of past and future levels of latent demand.
Acknowledgements
Some of the methodologies and research approaches used in this report have benefited from the R&D Committee at
INSEAD, whose research support is gratefully acknowledged.
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Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION 11
1.1 Overview 11
1.2 What is Latent Demand and the P.I.E.? 11
1.3 The Methodology 12
1.3.1 Step 1. Product Definition and Data Collection 14
1.3.2 Step 2. Filtering and Smoothing 15
1.3.3 Step 3. Filling in Missing Values 16
1.3.4 Step 4. Varying Parameter, Non-linear Estimation 16
1.3.5 Step 5. Fixed-Parameter Linear Estimation 17
1.3.6 Step 6. Aggregation and Benchmarking 17
1.3.7 Step 7. Latent Demand Density: Allocating Across Cities 17
2 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS 19
2.1 The Worldwide Market Potential 19
3 AFRICA 21
3.1 Executive Summary 21
3.2 Algeria 22
3.3 Angola 23
3.4 Benin 24
3.5 Botswana 24
3.6 Burkina Faso 25
3.7 Burundi 26
3.8 Cameroon 26
3.9 Cape Verde 27
3.10 Central African Republic 28
3.11 Chad 28
3.12 Comoros 29
3.13 Congo (formerly Zaire) 30
3.14 Cote d'Ivoire 31
3.15 Djibouti 31
3.16 Egypt 32
3.17 Equatorial Guinea 33
3.18 Ethiopia 33
3.19 Gabon 34
3.20 Ghana 35
3.21 Guinea 36
3.22 Guinea-Bissau 36
3.23 Kenya 37
3.24 Lesotho 38
3.25 Liberia 38
3.26 Libya 39
3.27 Madagascar 40
3.28 Malawi 40
3.29 Mali 41
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3.30 Mauritania 42
3.31 Mauritius 42
3.32 Morocco 43
3.33 Mozambique 44
3.34 Namibia 44
3.35 Niger 45
3.36 Nigeria 46
3.37 Republic of Congo 47
3.38 Reunion 47
3.39 Rwanda 48
3.40 Sao Tome E Principe 49
3.41 Senegal 49
3.42 Sierra Leone 50
3.43 Somalia 51
3.44 South Africa 51
3.45 Sudan 52
3.46 Swaziland 53
3.47 Tanzania 53
3.48 The Gambia 54
3.49 Togo 55
3.50 Tunisia 56
3.51 Uganda 57
3.52 Western Sahara 57
3.53 Zambia 58
3.54 Zimbabwe 59
4 ASIA 60
4.1 Executive Summary 60
4.2 Bangladesh 61
4.3 Bhutan 62
4.4 Brunei 63
4.5 Burma 63
4.6 Cambodia 64
4.7 China 65
4.8 Hong Kong 66
4.9 India 66
4.10 Indonesia 67
4.11 Japan 68
4.12 Laos 69
4.13 Macau 70
4.14 Malaysia 71
4.15 Maldives 72
4.16 Mongolia 72
4.17 Nepal 73
4.18 North Korea 74
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4.19 Papua New Guinea 75
4.20 Philippines 75
4.21 Seychelles 76
4.22 Singapore 77
4.23 South Korea 77
4.24 Sri Lanka 78
4.25 Taiwan 79
4.26 Thailand 80
4.27 Vietnam 80
5 EUROPE 82
5.1 Executive Summary 82
5.2 Albania 83
5.3 Andorra 84
5.4 Austria 85
5.5 Belarus 86
5.6 Belgium 87
5.7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 88
5.8 Bulgaria 88
5.9 Croatia 89
5.10 Cyprus 90
5.11 Czech Republic 90
5.12 Denmark 91
5.13 Estonia 92
5.14 Finland 93
5.15 France 94
5.16 Georgia 95
5.17 Germany 95
5.18 Greece 96
5.19 Hungary 97
5.20 Iceland 98
5.21 Ireland 99
5.22 Italy 99
5.23 Kazakhstan 100
5.24 Latvia 101
5.25 Liechtenstein 102
5.26 Lithuania 103
5.27 Luxembourg 103
5.28 Malta 104
5.29 Moldova 105
5.30 Monaco 105
5.31 Norway 106
5.32 Poland 107
5.33 Portugal 108
5.34 Romania 109
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5.35 Russia 110
5.36 San Marino 111
5.37 Slovakia 111
5.38 Slovenia 112
5.39 Spain 113
5.40 Sweden 114
5.41 Switzerland 115
5.42 The Netherlands 116
5.43 The United Kingdom 117
5.44 Ukraine 118
6 LATIN AMERICA 119
6.1 Executive Summary 119
6.2 Argentina 120
6.3 Belize 121
6.4 Bolivia 122
6.5 Brazil 123
6.6 Chile 124
6.7 Colombia 125
6.8 Costa Rica 126
6.9 Ecuador 126
6.10 El Salvador 127
6.11 French Guiana 128
6.12 Guatemala 128
6.13 Guyana 129
6.14 Honduras 130
6.15 Mexico 131
6.16 Nicaragua 132
6.17 Panama 132
6.18 Paraguay 133
6.19 Peru 134
6.20 Suriname 135
6.21 The Falkland Islands 135
6.22 Uruguay 136
6.23 Venezuela 137
7 NORTH AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN 138
7.1 Executive Summary 138
7.2 Antigua and Barbuda 139
7.3 Aruba 140
7.4 Barbados 141
7.5 Bermuda 141
7.6 Canada 142
7.7 Cuba 143
7.8 Dominica 144
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7.9 Dominican Republic 144
7.10 Greenland 145
7.11 Grenada 146
7.12 Guadeloupe 147
7.13 Haiti 148
7.14 Jamaica 148
7.15 Martinique 149
7.16 Puerto Rico 150
7.17 St. Kitts and Nevis 151
7.18 St. Lucia 151
7.19 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 152
7.20 The Bahamas 153
7.21 The British Virgin Islands 153
7.22 The Cayman Islands 154
7.23 The Netherlands Antilles 155
7.24 The U.S. Virgin Islands 155
7.25 The United States 156
7.26 Trinidad and Tobago 157
8 OCEANA 158
8.1 Executive Summary 158
8.2 American Samoa 159
8.3 Australia 160
8.4 Christmas Island 161
8.5 Cook Islands 161
8.6 Fiji 162
8.7 French Polynesia 163
8.8 Guam 163
8.9 Kiribati 164
8.10 Marshall Islands 165
8.11 Micronesia Federation 165
8.12 Nauru 166
8.13 New Caledonia 167
8.14 New Zealand 167
8.15 Niue 168
8.16 Norfolk Island 169
8.17 Palau 169
8.18 Solomon Islands 170
8.19 The Northern Mariana Island 171
8.20 Tokelau 171
8.21 Tonga 172
8.22 Tuvalu 173
8.23 Vanuatu 173
8.24 Wallis and Futuna 174
8.25 Western Samoa 175
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9 THE MIDDLE EAST 176
9.1 Executive Summary 176
9.2 Afghanistan 177
9.3 Armenia 178
9.4 Azerbaijan 179
9.5 Bahrain 179
9.6 Iran 180
9.7 Iraq 181
9.8 Israel 182
9.9 Jordan 182
9.10 Kuwait 183
9.11 Kyrgyzstan 184
9.12 Lebanon 184
9.13 Oman 185
9.14 Pakistan 186
9.15 Palestine 187
9.16 Qatar 187
9.17 Saudi Arabia 188
9.18 Syrian Arab Republic 189
9.19 Tajikistan 190
9.20 The United Arab Emirates 190
9.21 Turkey 191
9.22 Turkmenistan 192
9.23 Uzbekistan 192
9.24 Yemen 193
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1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 OVERVIEW
This study covers the world outlook for antibiotics across more than 200 countries. For each year
reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.), for the
country in question (in millions of U.S. dollars), the percent share the country is of the region and
of the globe. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a country vis-à-vis
others. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each
country and across countries, latent demand estimat