The global pharmaceutical industry recorded drug sales of $643.00 billion in 2006, and is expected to grow 5% to 6% this year, according to IMS Health, a market intelligence company. North America accounted for 45% of the global pharma market last year, thanks to the first year of implementation of the Medicare Part D benefit and the resulting increase in prescriptions, according to the report from IMS.
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机译：市场情报公司IMS Health的数据显示，2006年全球制药行业的药品销售额为6,430.00亿美元，预计今年将增长5％至6％。 IMS的报告显示，由于实施Medicare Part D福利的第一年以及处方的增加，去年，北美占全球制药市场的45％。
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