2013-03-02 16:13:04 - Market Trends, Buyer Spend and Procurement Strategies in the Global Pharmaceutical Industry

"Global Pharmaceutical Survey 2013-2014: " is a new report by ICD Research that analyzes how pharmaceutical industry companies' procurement expenditures, business strategies, and practices are set to change in 2013-2014. Additionally, this report also presents comparative analysis between four years of survey results (wherever applicable). This report gives access to category-level spending outlooks, budgets, supplier selection criteria, business challenges, and investment opportunities of leading purchase decision makers. The report also identifies the future growth of buyers and suppliers, MandA, capital expenditure, staff hiring, and e-procurement. This report not only grants access to the opinions and strategies of business decision makers and competitors, but also examines their actions surrounding business priorities, as well as access to information categorized by region, company

type, and size.


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Introduction and Landscape
Why was the report written?
This report is the result of an extensive survey drawn from ICD Research's exclusive panel of leading global pharmaceutical industry executives; it provides data and analysis on buyer expenditure, procurement, and developments within the global pharmaceutical industry. The report includes key topics such as global pharmaceutical industry buyer expenditure and procurement behaviours and strategies, and identifies the threats and opportunities within the global pharmaceutical industry, economic outlook trends, and business confidence within global pharmaceutical executives. Most secondary research reports are based on general industry drivers and do not understand the industry executives' attitude and changing behaviours, creating a gap in presenting the business outlook of the industry; in an effort to bridge this gap, ICD Research created this primary-research based report by gathering the opinions of multiple stakeholders in the value-chain of the global pharmaceutical industry.

What is the current market landscape and what is changing?
Executives from the global pharmaceutical industry anticipate an increase in levels of consolidation, with 61% of respondents projecting an increase in MandA activities in 2013.

What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?
The need for new product pipelines, new product acquisition, patent expiries, cost containment and credit availability have prompted companies to consolidate positions and look for merger and MandA acquisition.

What makes this report unique and essential to read?
This report is the result of an extensive survey drawn from ICD Research's exclusive panel of leading global pharmaceutical industry executives; it provides data and analysis on buyer expenditure, procurement, and developments within the global pharmaceutical industry. The report includes key topics such as global pharmaceutical industry buyer expenditure and procurement behaviours and strategies, and identifies the threats and opportunities within the global pharmaceutical industry, economic outlook trends, and business confidence within global pharmaceutical industry executives. Additionally, this report also presents comparative analysis between four years of survey results (wherever applicable).

Key Features and Benefits
Project industry trends and revenue growth expectations in 2013, and understand business confidence to make informed business decisions.

Drive revenues by understanding future product investment areas and key growth regions.

Uncover key challenges and opportunities, and identify the key actions required to maintain and win buyer business.

Formulate effective sales and marketing strategies by identifying how buyer budgets are changing and the direction of spending in the future. Better promote your business by aligning your capabilities and business practices with your customer's changing needs

Secure stronger customer relationships by understanding the behaviour and changing strategies of industry buyers.

Key Market Issues
China, Brazil and India are the important emerging markets to offer growth in 2013.

'Market uncertainty', 'responding to price pressure', 'rising competition' and 'regulatory changes' are the leading business concerns for the global pharmaceutical industry in 2013.

Overall, for 2013, the average size of the annual procurement budget for global pharmaceutical industry buyer respondents is projected at US$127 million, against US$127 million in 2012 and US$110 million in 2011.

'Price', 'level of service' and 'existing relationship with supplier' are considered the most important factors for supplier selection in the global pharmaceutical industry, while 'environmental records and CSR', 'brand reputation' and 'proximity of supplier operations' are considered the least important.

While 16% of buyer respondents from the global pharmaceutical industry are willing to implement e-procurement in 2013 or beyond, 32% are already in the different stages of implementation ('partially implemented', 'completely implemented', and 'evaluation or pilot use')

Key Highlights
An analysis of revenue growth expectations by senior level respondents reveals that 62% are 'more optimistic' about their company's revenue growth in 2013.

A significant percentage of pharmaceutical manufacturing industry respondents highlighted that capital expenditure towards 'new product development', 'employee training', and 'IT infrastructure development' would increase in 2013.

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