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ProQuest

Fitch Reports

In the ProQuest database there are a series of quarterly industry and country reports by Fitch:

Fitch Solutions Country Industry Reports PUBID(2044556)
These provide global or regional reports and individual country reports on major industries. For example: Global renewables, Europe Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report - Q1 2021 (with a 10 year forecast).

Fitch Solutions Industry Insight Reports PUBID(2044554)
These take a broader look at an industry in a region: Middle East and Africa Mining Insight, and the wider Drug Delivery Insight.

To locate pharma reports in the country industry series in ProQuest enter the details of the series plus a keyword. For example: PUBID(2044556) AND pharmaceutical.

IBISWorld                  

Provides detailed market research reports for UK, US, China and (limited) global.
Relevant reports include Pharmaceutical Wholesaling in the UK, Medical Research in China, Global Biotechnology and Speciality Hospitals in the US.

Mergent Online

Company financials, short industry reports and analyst research on this sector. Go to the Investext tab for analysts' reports.

Technavio    

Thousands of healthcare related reports. Most are global and cover a huge range of medicines, medical devices etc.

Bloomberg 
Finance Zone only

Go to > Function <BI> and selection sectors and sub-sectors.

BI aggregates data from proprietary Bloomberg sources and 500 third-party providers into interactive charts. Industry research coverage spans all 10 major sectors and 135+ industries with powerful thinking on key performance factors, thematic issues, and profitability and valuation drivers for each industry.

World Health Organization (WHO)
International organisation working alongside governments and other partners such as the UN. Produce reports, journals and statistics on a variety of diseases, health promotion and access to healthcare.

PhRMA (Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America)
PhRMA produces a number of factsheets and reports, including reports on medicines in development.

Department of Health and Social Care
Reports and statistical data from this government department.

OECD Health at a Glance
The OECD publish a biennial report providing comparable data on health systems in OECD countries. Latest available report published Nov 2023.

Congressional Budget Office 
The CBO provides analysis of spending for the US Congress. There are a number of reports on US Government spending on healthcare.

National Center for Health Statistics
Data and reports from this US government agency.

Quality Care Commission
UK organisation that conducts inspections of hospitals, care homes etc. Produces annual State of Care report (latest available published Oct 2023).