The growth of the Malaysian pharma market between 2006 and 2016. Pharmaceutical sales grew to over USD 2 billion by 2016, thanks in large part to a burgeoning prescription medicine segment.
  The import and export of pharmaeuticals in Malaysia between 2006 and 2016. In 2016, the trade balance stood at USD -1.126 billion, with USD 1.299 billion-worth of pharmaceutical imports and USD 173 million in exports.