1994年世界药物市场（包括处方药、普通药和非处方药）销售额为2562亿美元，比1993年的销售额上升76％。1994年的增长率超过ig93年的增长率。表1显示了世界药物市场各部分销售的情况。现在世界药物市场的增长似乎稳定在高的一位数，而80年代后期和90年代早期曾经是两位数的增长 Sales of the world drug market (including prescription drugs, generic drugs and over-the-counter medicines) in 1994 amounted to 256.2 billion U.S. dollars, up 76% from 1993 sales. The growth rate in 1994 exceeded the growth rate in 1993. Table 1 shows the sales in various parts of the world drug market. The world drug market now appears to have grown at a steady high, double digit growth in the late 1980s and early 1990s