Pharmaceutical sector

* Pharmaceutical sector size of 10.9 billion USD in 2007.
* Turkey's in 2010 is expected to rise to 10, the first world drug consumption.
* 2006, 1.2 billion boxes are selling drugs, in 2007 this figure was 1.3 billion dollars.
* Sector 8 percent in 2007 box basis, the amount, basis, grew at a rate of 14.5 percent.
Annual per capita drug consumption in Europe is * 500, U.S. 900, and 100 dollars in Turkey.
* 20 largest pharmaceutical companies in Turkey belong to the 15 foreigners.
* In Turkey, public health expenditure in total drug spending in the known rate of around 25 per cent.

700 million U.S. $ at medicine in the trash are

Vice President of TEB Şevket Kaya, Turkey 700 million dollars in drugs each year is a waste, even opened the package of drugs to 15%, he said.




Turkish Pharmacists Association (TEB) The second President Şevket Kaya, Turkey's pharmaceutical market is around 10 billion dollars announced. "In our country, pharmaceutical waste 500 to 700 million dollars between. This is around 10 billion dollars in the market for a very high figure" said the rock, although provision system comes into play after this, such as reduced waste, but also in comparison to EU countries, more drugs in the trash Go said.

Unconscious is consumed
In Turkey a waste of the unconscious drug consumption caused by the stresses that the rock, said: "House of drugs in 15 percent never open the package without the 25 per cent, leaving the half is a waste. Waste of drugs during the first drugs in the stomach, the second in painkillers Coming in third and antibiotics. " A problem specific to the pharmaceutical waste is not only Turkey indicating rocks, especially in Asian countries has made the world is experiencing this hardship. Kaya, see injustice in the world of medicine is available, the least developed countries is experiencing difficulty in reaching the drugs in question added.