Novartis leads way in Big Pharma growth, which is expected to be 4%

1 July 2010

Swiss drug major Novartis is forecast to deliver the strongest prescription pharmaceutical sales growth of any Big Pharma company over the period 2009-15, based on organic performance, finds independent market analyst Datamonitor.

The company is expected to deliver a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 4% which would add more than $10 billion to sales. Over the same period Datamonitor is forecasting an average of just 1.4% CAGR for Big Pharma generally.

Simon King, PharmaVitae analyst at Datamonitor, said: 'Integral to Novartis delivering a sales growth performance well above average is the company's heavily diversified prescription pharmaceutical offering.'

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