截止１９９９年３月，世界１２个主要药品市场的处方药销售增长８％，达到 １９１０亿美元。 １９９８年世界药品市场增长６％，而 １９９９年 １月和２月的统计数据都是增长７％，说明３月份世界药品销售的势头见好，其中主要是日本的药品销售增长了４％，原来日本的药品销售 As of March 1999, prescription drug sales in the world’s 12 major drug markets increased 8% to 191 billion U.S. dollars. The world drug market grew by 6% in 1998, while statistics for January and February 1999 all showed an increase of 7%. This shows that the world drug sales momentum has been encouraging in March, mainly due to a 4% increase in Japan’s pharmaceutical sales. Japan’s drug sales