Global medicine sales top $1,000 billion in 2014. Global sales of medicines increased by 8.8% in 2014 and reached a figure of more than $1,000 billion in turnover. In 2015, this turnover is expected to continue to increase to $1100 billion, according to a report by IMS Health, a health data specialist company. Global sales are expected to increase from between 4-7% up to 2018, compared to a 6.2% increase over the past five years, which is mainly driven by the emerging economies. These will...