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Country Report: Mexico
Pharmaceutical Executive Magazine, 08/20/2012
With an estimated value between 12 and 14 billion USD, the Mexican pharmaceutical industry has seen some significant changes over the last four years. The government has significantly increased public health spending and coverage in an effort to pull Mexico up from the bottom of the pile; according to the latest OECD Health Data, Mexico fared 33rd out of 34 OECD countries for total expenditure on public health as a percentage of GDP. The government is also fighting against rapidly increasing levels of chronic long–term illnesses rife in the population, such as diabetes.