10/3/2016

IndiaIsHomeToLargestDiabetesDrugsMarketWorldwideBWBusinessworld
Magazine Issue

October 03, 2016

# Business News

# Opinion & Analysis

# Feature Stories

# Indian Economy

# Startup Story

# Bollywood Business

India Is Home To Largest 'Diabetes' Drugs Market Worldwide

Like

Advertise With Us

# Sustainability

Search

Article

Diabetes has been termed the 'Mother of all Diseases' and sadly despite of tremendous research by the medical industry, a permanent
solution for it is yet to be found

Dont want to read the full article? Click here for the GIST
DiabetesDiet

Delhi

Article

DietPills

Boyfriend

Serials

DiabetesSymptoms

RSS Feeds

QuickByte

Author

Novels

Socialize

Get Social! Follow us on your favourite

social networking website.

24

Printthisarticle
Fontsize 16 +

June, 2016
by Soumya Gupta

Quick Bytes

Meeting Life In Full Circles

With Spiritual Schools

Have You Earned With Yoga

Yet?

How To Make The Most Of

Your Workout On
International Yoga Day

UrbanClap Announces
Special Services This
International Yoga Day

5 Most Creative
Advertisements
Aiming at
Users in India
readmore

Make The Most O

Your Samsung Ga
S7!

The Diabetes drug market is soon estimated to reach $55.3 billion by 2017 with foreign drum makers eyeing at India's growing
diabetic population. Time to take a deep look at why drug companies are betting big on 'pharmerging' countries?

readmore

PM Modi showed a lot of concern on the eve of International Yoga Day and urged yoga teachers to focus on reducing the number
of diabetic patients in the India. It is time to contemplate his insistence over the issue and analyze the questions India is facing

Top 5 devices in
Augmented v/s Vi

http://businessworld.in/article/IndiaIsHomeToLargestDiabetesDrugsMarketWorldwide/2406201699656/

Reality1/5

10/3/2016

IndiaIsHomeToLargestDiabetesDrugsMarketWorldwideBWBusinessworld

Reality

at the moment.

readmore

With the world's largest population of diabetics, India is set to see the launch of a range of novel diabetes treatments from
foreign drug makers such as Pfizer, Eli Lilly and Merck.
Diabetes has been termed the 'Mother of all Diseases' and sadly despite of tremendous research by the medical industry, a

permanent
solution for it is yet to be found. Even the best medicines can only control diabetes for the time being while the
dosage keeps increasing as time progresses.

3 DIGITAL GROWT
STORIES OF PHON
COMPANIES

readmore

3 Foreign CEOs
heading Indian Br

However, it is said the yoga can help maintaining almost all of the bodily functions at the optimum level and diabetes can be
controlled by it as well. Many postures and breathing exercises in yoga have known to be inducing the pancreas to produce
enough insulin and regulate the blood sugar.

readmore

But drug companies have been pitching innovative delivery systems, convenience and touch technology, to expand their
consumer base in large markets like India. Multinational pharmaceuticals are planning to capture a market of 32 million to 57.2
million people by 2025. Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Eli Lilly, Novartis, AstraZeneca, Sanofi all wish to have a chunk of the

HOME
WEB EXCLUSIVES
COLUMNS
COMMUNITIES
EVENTS
BWvarious
TV forms of
SUBSCRIBE TO PRINT
Rs1,200-crore
diabetes
treatment market which
is growing at around
20-22 per cent a year,
especially with
insulin accounting for the largest chunk of Rs 310 crore.

It is not surprising, to say that developing countries like China, Brazil and India serve as a huge attraction to pharmaceuticals
when they are close to spending nearly half of their respective growth in medicines/drugs. Nevertheless, these pharmerging
nations' reliance on lower-cost generics is still a tricky opportunity to play. The demand for drugs in 'pharmerging' markets will
expand at a compound annual growth rate of as much as 11 per cent and account for nearly 50 per cent of absolute growth in
drugs spending in 2018, much more than European and Japanese markets.
As countries like India, China, Russia and Brazil gain economic clout is the incidence of diabetes is seeing a surge. Rising levels of
sedentary lifestyle and obesity and heart disease are becoming more common, in the elite and middle-class. Rising disposable
incomes also mean patients in these countries have the required cash to spend on medicines.
India is facing desperate times and needs to fight back Diabetes with natural things like Ayurveda, Naturopathy and Yoga. Even
Baba Ramadev reportedly announced that would support the R&D in Ayurveda with an investment of almost Rs 10,000 crore,
as part of his business plans.
Hopefully, our ancient study of medicine can help us combat Diabetes and defeat it like Polio. Or else India will have to face the
frightening truth that India would become completely dependent on foreign drug makers in the near future.

BW TV
Get Notifications

Many pharmaceuticals have understood the fact that without expanding horizons in India, their growth can be stagnant or
incomplete. At least three pharma majors have applied for patents to sell in India, post the launch of GlaxoSmithKline's
blockbuster diabetes drug 'Avandia' in 2005 when the total Indian diabetes market was valued at $15 billion.

readmore
ONLINE SALE

Jayant Krishna, CO
National Skill
Development
Corporation, BW
Businessworld
Knowledge Pot,Pa
readmore

i8Ywie_
Jayant Krishna, CO
JayantKrishnan.png
National Skill

Development
Corporation, BW
Businessworld
Knowledge Pot,Pa

readmore

Jayant Krishna, CO
National Skill
Development
Corporation, BW
Businessworld
Knowledge Pot,Pa
CategoryJumptlist

Leading brands in diabetes drugs such like Pfizer's is launching 'Exubera', an insulin inhaler, can be inhaled like an antiasthma
spray. Likewise Merck has come up with 'Januvia', a pill that needs only one dosage daily. It simultaneously increases human
body's ability to regulate blood sugar levels. Some other innovations in the field are also worth mentioning here such as Eli
Lilly's 'Byetta', a product developed to control diabetes and weight loss.

5 Chinese mobile
makers invade Ind
trade

readmore

Sharethisarticle:

YOUMAYALSOLIKE

Jayant Krishna, CO
National Skill
Development
Corporation, BW
Businessworld
Knowledge Pot,Pa
readmore

Shri Balvinder Kum

Secretary, Ministr
Mines
readmore

ws7SmC_Screen
Arun Maira, forme
Shot201609Member Planning
26at2.41.56
Commission on
PM.png

change managem
and transformatio

readmore

http://businessworld.in/article/IndiaIsHomeToLargestDiabetesDrugsMarketWorldwide/2406201699656/

2/5

10/3/2016

IndiaIsHomeToLargestDiabetesDrugsMarketWorldwideBWBusinessworld

Recently Published

Canadian Pension
Fund Picks Up 20%
Edelweiss ARC
readmore

Sensex Rallies By
Points On Hopes O
Rate Cut By RBI

Tagsassignedtothisarticle:
YogaDayIndia

HOME

InternationalYogaDay

WEB EXCLUSIVES

readmore

pharmaceuticalindustry diabetes

COLUMNS

COMMUNITIES

EVENTS

BW TV

SUBSCRIBE TO PRINT

ONLINE
Ratan
Tata SALE
Foster
Another Startup,
Invests In Fitness
Company GOQii
readmore

Get Notifications

Lenovo Plans To
Manufacture Lapt
In India
readmore

Govt's IT Spendin
Hit $7.2 Billion In
2016: Gartner
readmore

Chikungunya Case
Delhi Jump 43 Per
Cent In One Week
readmore

CategoryJumptlist

Around The World

The new serial kis

of Bollywood
Times of India

3 reasons that ma
Sobha City the be
investment in Del
Sobha City - Overview
NCR
PHOTOS: Ileana
D'Cruz's Boyfriend
Captures Some
Huffington Post India
Beautiful Images
How Maya can he
you discover Kera
Kerala Tourism
Recommendedby

http://businessworld.in/article/IndiaIsHomeToLargestDiabetesDrugsMarketWorldwide/2406201699656/

3/5

10/3/2016

IndiaIsHomeToLargestDiabetesDrugsMarketWorldwideBWBusinessworld

0 Comment

| 0 Reaction

Share

How do you feel about it?

Great
(0%)

Good
(0%)

Waste
(0%)

Sad
(0%)

Angry
(0%)
Login

Write your opinion..

HOME

WEB EXCLUSIVES

COLUMNS

COMMUNITIES

EVENTS

BW TV

SUBSCRIBE TO PRINT

ONLINE SALE

Arnab Answers The Trolls -Arnab Goswami - BW Businessworld

(100 Comments)

Look everywhere you can to cut a little bit from your expenses.It
will all add up to a meaningful ... (9 Comments)

Deutsche Bank Races Against Time To Reach US Settlement (3

Comments)

Baramulla Terrorist Attack On Army Camp Leaves 1 BSF Jawan

Dead (3 Comments)

Chief Minister On US Visit As Jharkhand Hit By Violence (1

Comment)

India Gets Rs 53 531 Crore Worth Telecom Spectrum Bids On

Auction s First Day (1 Comment)

Ratan Tata Joins Chorus Supporting Army Surgical Strike - BW

Businessworld (1 Comment)

Jigsaw Academy Caters the Growing Need of Courses in Analytics

- BW Disrupt (1 Comment)

Get Notifications

Most Commented Articles

Latest Commented Articles

Deutsche Bank Races Against Time To Reach US Settlement (2
Comments)
50 mins ago

Baramulla Terrorist Attack On Army Camp Leaves 1 BSF Jawan

Dead (3 Comments)
11 hrs ago

CategoryJumptlist

Look everywhere you can to cut a little bit from your expenses.It Arnab Answers The Trolls -Arnab Goswami - BW Businessworld
will all add up to a meaningful ... (9 Comments)
14 hrs ago (100 Comments)
1 day ago

Advertisement

Around The World

http://businessworld.in/article/IndiaIsHomeToLargestDiabetesDrugsMarketWorldwide/2406201699656/

4/5

10/3/2016

IndiaIsHomeToLargestDiabetesDrugsMarketWorldwideBWBusinessworld

10 common
mistakes women
make in bed
Lifestyle

The Healthiest
Type of Bread?

Build Muscle and

Get Lean with the
Right Breakfast

Men's Fitness

Muscle & Fitness

Recommendedby

Advertisement

HOME

Previous
WEB
EXCLUSIVES

COLUMNS

COMMUNITIES

EVENTS

BW TV

SUBSCRIBE TO PRINT

Next ONLINE SALE

ViewMoreArticles

Get Notifications

Subscribe To Our Newsletter

Youremail
SubscribeNow

BW COMMUNITIES
BW Communities is an array of business news websites targeted towards niche communities and readers across various indistries

Chef Tejas Sovani Introduces Allnew Menu at

Amaranta

Maybelline partners with Masaba Gupta for

Amazon India Fashion Week SS17

Asia Pacific Hotel Performance for August 2016

Red Bull athlete Dougie Lampkin wheelies across

entire Isle of Man TT

New Appointments in Core Team of Park Hyatt

Hyderabad

Read More

The great screen divide

Bollywood Music Project: Promising, but rough

edged

CategoryJumptlist

Dentsu elevates Ruth Stubbs to iProspects

Global President
Thomas Cook enters Chinese market with a
WeChat VR game

Read More

Read More
Copyright BW BUSINESSWORLD 2016. All Rights Reserved.

http://businessworld.in/article/IndiaIsHomeToLargestDiabetesDrugsMarketWorldwide/2406201699656/

MagazineIssue /

AdvertiseWithUs /

RSSFeeds

5/5