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Global demand for protective footwear is forecast to expand 2.2% p.a. between 2015 and 2019. China, India, Italy, Jordan and the United Statesare considered the highest potential markets in the coming years.

According to recently published research conducted by a leading international market research company,  the expansion of the global footwear industry is forecast to reach 1.9% p.a. in the coming years.

China, Germany, India, Italy and the United States are considered the highest potential markets in the coming years.

Global demand for blankets is forecast to expand 1.9% p.a. between 2015 and 2019. China, Japan, Jordan, Poland and the United Statesare considered the highest potential markets in the coming years.

Global demand for bed linen is forecast to expand 1.4% p.a. between 2015 and 2019. China, Germany, Jordan, the United Kingdom and the United Statesare considered the highest potential markets in the coming years.

All biotech companies - Gilead (GILD), Amgen (AMGN), Biogen Idec (BIIB) and Celgene (CELG), in past year, have given a positive return and hence increased the interest of biotech investors.

First –In- Class Innovations and Cost Optimization Plays Major Role In Shaping Up Business for Large Cap Pharmaceutical Companies

With the recent development, Sri Lanka’s aim of developing a pharma industry should be to penetrate the global market since the internal market is not sufficient for any big firm to operate at optimum levels.

The new pricing system adopted in Japan from April -2014 (Annexure 1) is a game changer initiative.  It pains most of the companies - whether generic or innovator.

Domestic sales improved in 2014, recovering from the slump in the 2013 caused by the market’s reaction to the new drug pricing policy.