Perspective
on the pharmaceutical industry

Over the past 30 years, the pharmaceutical industry has undergone a relocation from Europe to Asia. Currently, more than 60% of active pharmaceutical ingredients are produced in China and India.

On the other hand, the increase in regulatory requirements regarding the environment has greatly restricted production, generating significant tensions between demand (increasingly higher due to increased life expectancy and access to medicine) and supply (increasingly scarce).

The rapid economic development of China and India has generated millions of new consumers of local medicines, which are focusing the efforts of local producers, further aggravating the situation of high dependence of the rest of the planet on Asian producers.

This is an exceptional moment to revive the development and manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients of European origin. We are witnessing a turning point in the global pharmaceutical industry; CAPITAL FARMA is born.

Óscar Nuñez

Founder & CEO Capital Farma

laboratorio farmacéutico

Evolution
of global pharmaceutical chemistry

1980 – 2005

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The great relocation

During the period from 1980 to 2005 the pharmaceutical industry has experienced a continuous relocation from Europe to Asia.

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China's leadership

China becomes the leading manufacturer and exporter in the pharmaceutical chemical industry.

2005 – 2021

2021 – 2045

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The "reindustrialization" of Europe

A gradual process of relocating the pharmaceutical chemical industry back to Europe is beginning.

Current market environment

At present, there is a gap between supply and demand within the pharmaceutical chemicals sector, due to the asymmetry between the geographic areas of production and the main centers of consumption.

North America

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Western Europe

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Asia

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Rest of the world

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