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**** SALES THROUGH RETAIL PHARMACIES ****
(Twelve months to November 2006*)

NORTH AMERICA $209.9billion, up 6%
United States $196.2billion, up 7%
Canada $13.7billion, up 7%

EUROPE (leading 5) $94.8 billion, up 7%
Germany $27.5billion, up 4%
France $25.4billion, up 3%
Italy $15.5billion, up 4%
United Kingdom $14.9billion, up 3%
Spain $11.5billion, up 3%

JAPAN (including hospitals) $56.7billion, up 6%

LATIN AMERICA (leading 3) $19.1billion, up 12%
Brazil $8.9billion, up 9%
Mexico $8.8billion, up 13%
Argentina $2.3billion, up 18%

AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND $5.8billion, up 4%

More information, including sales by broad therapeutic categories for each country, is available free to download if you follow this link:
http://open.imshealth.com/download/nov2006.pdf **