Trend · rank 160 of 250

Pharmaceutical input concentration

Active pharmaceutical ingredients and chemical intermediates are produced in a few countries, leaving national health systems with limited purchasing options when exporters restrict supply or a qualified plant fails inspection.

Trade & InvestmentTrade, industry & supply chainshealth systemstraderesilience

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Pharmaceutical supply concentration. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
160of 250
Sensitivity
11.7rank 82
Breadth
2of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
17.5rank 213
Eigenvector
0.3
Betweenness
14.0
Links
4trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
17.0

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
107
Over a year
−15%Easing
Over three years
+49%
Peak
18310 Aug 2025
Sources
Bothagreement -0.81
Coverage
13languages · 53 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (13 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English51%82−14%
Russian11%87−19%
German8%91−7%
Japanese6%73+13%
Spanish6%66−36%
French5%66−25%
Chinese4%110+16%
Portuguese2%72−3%
Indonesian2%56−40%
Italian2%79−14%
Polish1%120+24%
Turkish1%79−22%
Arabic1%104−1%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

South Korea

Singapore

United States

Netherlands

Canada

Ireland

Australia

Taiwan

Switzerland

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

India

100

98

43

35

31

31

26

25

23

23

23

22

The 12 highest of 53 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English94−29%−4%−14%
EuropeGoogle in 7 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish99+9%−3%−4%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian87+11%−12%−17%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in Arabic, Turkish87+6%−11%−19%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese78+17%−24%−26%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Russian70+9%−32%−34%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle94+27%−11%−14%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese82+23%−18%−21%
CanadaGoogle131−39%+46%−15%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French79−1%−25%−25%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German98+11%−9%−7%
IndonesiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Indonesian73+10%−32%−29%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian75+19%−32%−35%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese77+8%−10%−31%
South KoreaGoogle117+27%−15%+3%
MexicoGoogle98+57%−18%−29%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian87−6%−19%−0%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish71−8%−34%−35%
United KingdomGoogle205−10%+313%+124%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English90−31%−10%−11%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
4 · HighCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
4 · HighA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
3 · ModerateAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
3 · ModerateA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighCritical input supplier concentrationTrade, industry & supply chains74
3 · ModerateIntellectual property access dependenceTrade, industry & supply chains40
3 · ModerateRegional medicines manufacturingPeople, health & work52
3 · ModerateLean inventories & just-in-time logisticsTrade, industry & supply chains184