The generic APIs market is expected to continue to rise faster than the branded/innovative APIs, by 7.7%/year to reach $30.3 billion in 2016. Asia-Pacific is expected to show the fastest growth rates (10.8%/year). The 24 fastest growing markets will include 11 in Asia-Pacific, seven in Eastern Europe and CIS, four in Africa-Middle East and two in Latin America (Figure ).
Figure – Top growth markets for generic APIs to 2016
By 2016, China will account for 27.7% of the global generic API merchant market, while the US will have fallen to 23.8%; the mature markets as a whole will see their share fall from 41.8% in 2012 to 36.9%. India will be the third largest, with a 7.2% share.
