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Datasource: IQVIATM Sales Data (Sell-In) from pharmaceutical industries to public pharmacies and self-dispensing physicians.


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Datasource: IQVIATM Sales Data (Sell-In) from pharmaceutical industries to public pharmacies and self-dispensing physicians.


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Datasource: IQVIATM Sales Data (Sell-In) from pharmaceutical industries to public pharmacies and self-dispensing physicians.


IQVIA TM Outpatient Dataset
The data in this interactive graph were calculated using IQVIA TM data. The data were collected on behalf of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health via the IQVIATM database, which provides pharmaceutical sales data (Sell-In). This comprehensive dataset includes antibacterial sales by the pharmaceutical industry to pharmacies and self-dispensing physicians (channels: APO/SD).

AWaRe Classification of antibiotics
In the revision of the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (EML), antibiotics have been grouped into a new classification as metric for antibacterial use: the AWaRe classification system [1]. This classification system classifies key antibiotics into three categories; Access, Watch, and Reserve. It was developed as a simple stewardship intervention tool that is applicable worldwide (www.adoptaware.com).

  • Access group
    This group contains the antibiotics of first choice for each of the 25 most common infections. These antibiotics minimize the potential for resistance.
  • Watch Group
    This group includes most of the "highest-priority critically important antimicrobials (HPCIA)" for human use. These antibiotics are recommended only for specific, limited indications.
  • Reserve Group
    This group contains antibiotics which should only be used as a last resort when all other antibiotics have failed.


The bar chart shows the proportion of the various AWaRe categories as a percentage of total consumption in the outpatient sector for Switzerland or the different linguistic regions over time.


The line chart shows the proportion of the various AWaRe categories as a percentage of total consumption in the outpatient sector for Switzerland or the different linguistic regions over time.


The pie chart shows the proportion of the various AWaRe categories as a percentage of total consumption in the outpatient sector for Switzerland or the different linguistic regions for the selected year.