26 July 2023

African Pharmaceutical Market is estimated to witness a lucrative growth by 2027 – Increasing Investments and Emerging Growth Opportunities in Africa

Submitted by: Avez Shaikh
African Pharmaceutical Market is estimated to witness a lucrative growth by 2027 – Increasing Investments and Emerging Growth Opportunities in Africa

The pharmaceutical market is a very complex market but is a consistently growing market which plays a crucial role in the significant growth of the healthcare industry. The pharmaceutical market usually refers to the market for pharmaceutical and medical products, which includes prescription drugs, OTC drugs and other medical products. It is a highly growing market which is primarily emphasized on the research, development, manufacturing, and distribution of drugs.

Emerging Growth Opportunities in the African Pharmaceutical Market

The African pharmaceutical market is far less developed as compared to the other regions such as North America, South America, Middle-East, Europe, Asia-Pacific, etc. which further makes it an appealing market for new investments and growth opportunities. The African pharmaceutical market is growing rapidly, along with generating new investment and growth opportunities for global healthcare companies.

Africa's quick urbanization is further driving the growth of the key pharma companies. With the rapid growth of big and metro cities and rising awareness of several health disorders such as diabetes, ADHD, and malaria, there has been a rapid rise in the purchase of terminal disease medications and healthcare pricing. Governments in African regions are updating their policies to appeal to the foreign investors and to create new growth opportunities for healthcare companies which is further creating a growing commercial landscape in Africa.

The tropical environment in Africa is favourable for the spread of many healthcare diseases due to the introduction of disease-transmitting organisms. Hence, many infectious and chronic diseases are already present within the African population, such as Cholera, TB, Influenza, Hepatitis, and AIDS. The African countries experiences the sudden outbreaks of diseases such as Polio, Meningitis, Cholera, Influenza, Yellow Fever, Measles, Hepatitis, Malaria, And Tetanus.

Growing shift towards a western and modern lifestyle in Africa has caused a surge in the non-communicable diseases (NCDs), thus leading to a huge demand for chronic prescription drugs. Governments in African countries are making their best efforts to improve their healthcare infrastructures and provide an easy and quick access to medicines, which is anticipated to boost the growth of the African pharmaceutical market.

Positive Market Dynamics and Upcoming Growth Opportunities for Pharmaceutical Companies in the African Pharmaceutical Market

Covid-19 Pandemic had thrown light on the vulnerability of the healthcare systems and emphasized on the regions and countries assuring a basic level of supply security for medicines. Regular and daily drugs and medicines are not quickly available in Africa as it mostly depends on imports, with approximately up to 70% of pharma and medical products being imported. Local vaccine production can meet less than 1% of the local market demand.

The African pharmaceutical market is divided into 3 main categories : prescription drugs, generic drugs and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. Generic drugs have witnessed the highest and quickest growth. Production of generics provides a high chance for the private market to enhance their investments and enrich their product capability.

Global healthcare companies need to partner with key local enterprises and governments to increase their rate of success in the pharmaceutical market. Working altogether on research, awareness campaigns and medical device provision can help dominate the African pharmaceutical market.

Key Market Challenges: African Pharmaceutical Market

The African pharmaceutical market faces many market challenges, which includes fragmented markets, fragile regulatory frameworks, and inadequate manpower. Poor procurement and supply chain systems, policy incoherencies across trade, market, health, and finance industry, and lack of funds for the R&D activities impacts the growth of the African pharmaceutical market.

Competitive Landscape Analysis: African Pharmaceutical Market

Some of the leading players operating in the African pharmaceutical market are Adcock Ingram, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Pfizer Inc., Novartis AG, Johnson & Johnson (Janssen Global Services LLC), Sanofi, Bayer, Aspen, Cipla, and Merck and Co. Inc., etc.

All key players operating in the African pharmaceutical market are following organic and inorganic growth strategies such as securing fundings, launching new products, entering into partnerships and taking over companies to acquire a higher market share.

The African pharmaceutical market is expected to witness a healthy growth in the upcoming years due to the rising African population, an increasing demand for generic drugs, growing cases of chronic diseases and favourable government initiatives adopted to improve access to medicines and efficient growth strategies adopted by the key market players working in the African pharmaceutical market.

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