Research Methodology
Supported by Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDB), the Economist Intelligence Unit has developed the Asia Competition Barometer with the aim of understanding the changing market dynamics in key sectors and assessing the intensity of competition in them. Drawing upon company-level data on profitability and other indicators, the Barometer quantifies the changing dynamics of competitiveness in Asia for select industries between 2004 and 2009.
This report focuses on the Barometer findings for the pharmaceutical sector. Assessing a universe of over 350 pharmaceutical companies that are publicly listed in eight countries—China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam the Barometer examines changing profitability and the competition landscape for the pharmaceutical sector. Other reports in this series look at the information technology services, precision engineering, transport and logistics, and petrochemicals and chemicals sectors in Asia.