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. 2007 Nov 15;1:13. doi: 10.1186/1753-2000-1-13

Table 5.

Projected expenditures by scenario: ADHD pharmacotherapy for children and adolescents in England and Germany, 2012

Key projections1 England Germany
Scenario Low Extreme Base Case High Extreme Low Extreme Base Case High Extreme

Expenditures 2012 49 m£ 78 m£ 117 m£ 170 m€ 311 m€ 456 m€
Increase 2012 over 2002 +602% +1,012% +1,561% +617% +1,210% +1,825%
Total CNS2 market (2012) 2,039 mŁ(1,463 mŁ) 2,068 m£ (1,492 m£) 2,107 mŁ(1,531 mŁ) 2,261 m€(1,585 m€) 2,402 m€ (1,726 m€) 2,547 m€(1,871 m€)
Share of total2 market (2012) 2.4% (3.4%) 3.8% (5.2%) 5.5% (7.6%) 7.5% (10.7%) 12.9% (18.0%) 17.9% (24.4%)
Projections by products
Stimulants 40.7 m£ 58.3 m£ 91.3 m£ 141 m€ 259 m€ 390 m€
DEX 0.6 m£ 0.7 m£ 1.2 m£ n.a. n.a. n.a.
MPH-IR 1.2 m£ 1.5 m£ 1.9 m£ 5 m€ 7 m€ 8 m€
MPH-MR 22.3 m£ 18.4 m£ 24.4 m£ 90 m€ 74 m€ 92 m€
MPH-TDS 6.7 m£ 8.4 m£ 14.2 m£ 24 m€ 36 m€ 58 m€
LisDEX 10 m£ 29.2 m£ 49.6 m£ 22 m€ 143 m€ 232 m€
Nonstimulants 8.6 m£ 20.0 m£ 25.5 m£ 29 m€ 51 m€ 67 m€
ATX 8.6 m£ 10.7 m£ 13.7 m£ 29 m€ 39 m€ 47 m€
ARM n.a. 9.2 m£ 11.8 m£ n.a. 13 m€ 20 m€

1For abbreviations, see legend to Table 4. 2(share of) market for psychotropics (D) or CNS drugs (UK), calculated assuming a growth rate of 5% p.a. (figures in brackets represent one of the sensitivity analyses, indicating market shares assuming no growth of non-ADHD market segment); for comparison: share of market segment in 2002 was 0.77% (NHS, England) and 1.8% (GKV, Germany), respectively.