DIGESTIVE REMEDIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Euromonitor International

February 2019

LIST OF CONTENTS AND TABLES

Headlines

Prospects

Negative Exposure Penalises Leading Medications

Growing Consumer Awareness Boosts Ibs Treatments

Alternative Medicine and Healthy Living

Competitive Landscape

Rennie Invests To Maintain Sales

Nexium Is Slowing Down

Senokot Taps Into the Natural Remedies Trend

Category Data

Table 1 Sales of Digestive Remedies by Category: Value 2013-2018

Table 2 Sales of Digestive Remedies by Category: % Value Growth 2013-2018

Table 3 NBO Company Shares of Digestive Remedies: % Value 2014-2018

Table 4 LBN Brand Shares of Digestive Remedies: % Value 2015-2018

Table 5 Forecast Sales of Digestive Remedies by Category: Value 2018-2023

Table 6 Forecast Sales of Digestive Remedies by Category: % Value Growth 2018-2023

Executive Summary

Consumer Focus Shifts Further Towards Healthy Living, Natural Remedies and Mental Health

Focus on Prevention Rather Than Curative Products Drives Herbal Sales in the Pursuit of Healthy Living

Fickle Customers Heighten the Threat of Private Label To Established Players

Pharmacies Struggle To Remain Relevant As Supermarkets Rule

Nhs Cost-cutting Expected To Boost OTC Sales As Brexit Looms in the Forecast Period

Market Indicators

Table 7 Consumer Expenditure on Health Goods and Medical Services: Value 2013-2018

Table 8 Life Expectancy at Birth 2013-2018

Market Data

Table 9 Sales of Consumer Health by Category: Value 2013-2018

Table 10 Sales of Consumer Health by Category: % Value Growth 2013-2018

Table 11 NBO Company Shares of Consumer Health: % Value 2014-2018

Table 12 LBN Brand Shares of Consumer Health: % Value 2015-2018

Table 13 Penetration of Private Label in Consumer Health by Category: % Value 2013-2018

Table 14 Distribution of Consumer Health by Format: % Value 2013-2018

Table 15 Distribution of Consumer Health by Format and Category: % Value 2018

Table 16 Forecast Sales of Consumer Health by Category: Value 2018-2023

Table 17 Forecast Sales of Consumer Health by Category: % Value Growth 2018-2023

Appendix

OTC Registration and Classification

Vitamins and Dietary Supplements Registration and Classification

Self-medication/self-care and Preventive Medicine

Switches

Sources

Summary 1 Research Sources

Digestive remedies have been the focus of some negative stories. Several well-known brands are the subject of public health concern, ranging from symptoms of addiction to various side effects, including the development of cancer. Diarrhoeal remedies based on loperamide are at the centre of the so-called “opioid crisis” because of their heroin-like effect when abusively ingested. The crisis, which started in North America, is cited by the National Institute for Health Research as a public health...

Euromonitor International's Digestive Remedies in United Kingdom report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data 2014-2018, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. Forecasts to 2023 illustrate how the market is set to change.

Product coverage: Diarrhoeal Remedies, IBS Treatments, Indigestion and Heartburn Remedies, Laxatives, Motion Sickness Remedies, Paediatric Digestive Remedies.

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

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