Consumer health hugely benefitted from the pandemic in 2020, with double-digit value growth, largely driven by an exponential increase in value sales of analgesics. With society gradually opening up in 2021, and more normal play resuming, value growth is expected to be on par with the pre pandemic period. The star performers in 2020, which...
The lack of structured and organised measures to avoid the rapid spread of COVID-19 throughout the country in 2020 and the beginning of 2021, as well as the slow pace of vaccination in the first half of 2021, have positioned Brazil as the country with the second highest death toll worldwide, reaching over half a million deaths. Consumer...
Consumer health saw a modest contraction in 2021. Packaged consumer health products are commonly used and widely distributed with consumers in the habit of self-medicating due to an inefficient health system. However, while COVID-19 stimulated an increase in multivitamins, zinc and vitamin C, sales are unlikely to be maintained once the virus...
Consumer health in Singapore has experienced a highly uncertain environment in 2021 due to dynamic developments surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Consumer Health in Singapore report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data 2016-2020, allowing you...
After a year of slight current value decline in 2020, in 2021 consumer health has been characterised by recovery and precarious stability, with the performance remaining closely linked with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Most players are engaged in a waiting game, in anticipation of what is hoped to be a return to normal once higher vaccination...
Consumer health will observe continuing growth in 2021, albeit slightly slowed from the previous year’s growth, as healthcare continues to be a key focus of consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The continued growth is despite the challenging economic environment in the country (due to measures taken to control the spread of the virus),...
Consumer health has seen unprecedented opportunities for growth in 2021, mainly driven by the rapid recovery of OTC products, together with the steady growth of vitamins and dietary supplements, driven by enhanced awareness of preventative health and self-medication. Population ageing is posing multifaceted health threats to Chinese citizens,...
Having expanded at their fastest rate since 2009 during 2020, as COVID-19 drove a sharp increase in demand for analgesics, cough, cold and allergy (hay fever) remedies and – as a preventative measure – vitamins, the rate of growth in retail current value sales of consumer health will slow to its lowest rate in well over a decade during 2021....
? The COVID-19 pandemic continued to have a mixed impact on sales across consumer health in 2021. Many OTC categories saw higher demand as they were used to treat the symptoms of the COVID-19 virus as well as side-effects of the vaccine, while some herbal/traditional categories saw higher demand as consumers looked to improve their overall...
The COVID-19 pandemic remains the single biggest driver of interest in consumer health products in 2021 as Argentina continues to face difficulties in acquiring sufficient vaccines for its mass vaccination programme during 2021. The second wave of COVID-19 in Argentina saw the number of infections peak during April and May 2021, resulting...