1 Report Overview
1.1 Study Scope
1.2 Market Analysis by Type
1.2.1 Global Depression Drugs Market Size Growth Rate by Type: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
1.2.2 SSRIs
1.2.3 SNRIs
1.2.4 Others
1.3 Market by Application
1.3.1 Global Depression Drugs Market Growth by Application: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
1.3.2 Hospitals
1.3.3 Clinics
1.3.4 Others
1.4 Study Objectives
1.5 Years Considered
1.6 Years Considered
2 Global Growth Trends
2.1 Global Depression Drugs Market Perspective (2020-2031)
2.2 Depression Drugs Growth Trends by Region
2.2.1 Global Depression Drugs Market Size by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
2.2.2 Depression Drugs Historic Market Size by Region (2020-2025)
2.2.3 Depression Drugs Forecasted Market Size by Region (2026-2031)
2.3 Depression Drugs Market Dynamics
2.3.1 Depression Drugs Industry Trends
2.3.2 Depression Drugs Market Drivers
2.3.3 Depression Drugs Market Challenges
2.3.4 Depression Drugs Market Restraints
3 Competition Landscape by Key Players
3.1 Global Top Depression Drugs Players by Revenue
3.1.1 Global Top Depression Drugs Players by Revenue (2020-2025)
3.1.2 Global Depression Drugs Revenue Market Share by Players (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Depression Drugs Market Share by Company Type (Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3)
3.3 Players Covered: Ranking by Depression Drugs Revenue
3.4 Global Depression Drugs Market Concentration Ratio
3.4.1 Global Depression Drugs Market Concentration Ratio (CR5 and HHI)
3.4.2 Global Top 10 and Top 5 Companies by Depression Drugs Revenue in 2022
3.5 Depression Drugs Key Players Head office and Area Served
3.6 Key Players Depression Drugs Product Solution and Service
3.7 Date of Enter into Depression Drugs Market
3.8 Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion Plans
4 Depression Drugs Breakdown Data by Type
4.1 Global Depression Drugs Historic Market Size by Type (2020-2025)
4.2 Global Depression Drugs Forecasted Market Size by Type (2026-2031)
5 Depression Drugs Breakdown Data by Application
5.1 Global Depression Drugs Historic Market Size by Application (2020-2025)
5.2 Global Depression Drugs Forecasted Market Size by Application (2026-2031)
6 North America
6.1 North America Depression Drugs Market Size (2020-2031)
6.2 North America Depression Drugs Market Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
6.3 North America Depression Drugs Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
6.4 North America Depression Drugs Market Size by Country (2026-2031)
6.5 United States
6.6 Canada
7 Europe
7.1 Europe Depression Drugs Market Size (2020-2031)
7.2 Europe Depression Drugs Market Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.3 Europe Depression Drugs Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
7.4 Europe Depression Drugs Market Size by Country (2026-2031)
7.5 Germany
7.6 France
7.7 U.K.
7.8 Italy
7.9 Russia
7.10 Nordic Countries
8 Asia-Pacific
8.1 Asia-Pacific Depression Drugs Market Size (2020-2031)
8.2 Asia-Pacific Depression Drugs Market Growth Rate by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.3 Asia-Pacific Depression Drugs Market Size by Region (2020-2025)
8.4 Asia-Pacific Depression Drugs Market Size by Region (2026-2031)
8.5 China
8.6 Japan
8.7 South Korea
8.8 Southeast Asia
8.9 India
8.10 Australia
9 Latin America
9.1 Latin America Depression Drugs Market Size (2020-2031)
9.2 Latin America Depression Drugs Market Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
9.3 Latin America Depression Drugs Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
9.4 Latin America Depression Drugs Market Size by Country (2026-2031)
9.5 Mexico
9.6 Brazil
10 Middle East & Africa
10.1 Middle East & Africa Depression Drugs Market Size (2020-2031)
10.2 Middle East & Africa Depression Drugs Market Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
10.3 Middle East & Africa Depression Drugs Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
10.4 Middle East & Africa Depression Drugs Market Size by Country (2026-2031)
10.5 Turkey
10.6 Saudi Arabia
10.7 UAE
11 Key Players Profiles
11.1 Intellipharmaceutics
11.1.1 Intellipharmaceutics Company Detail
11.1.2 Intellipharmaceutics Business Overview
11.1.3 Intellipharmaceutics Depression Drugs Introduction
11.1.4 Intellipharmaceutics Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
11.1.5 Intellipharmaceutics Recent Development
11.2 Pfizer
11.2.1 Pfizer Company Detail
11.2.2 Pfizer Business Overview
11.2.3 Pfizer Depression Drugs Introduction
11.2.4 Pfizer Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
11.2.5 Pfizer Recent Development
11.3 Eli Lilly
11.3.1 Eli Lilly Company Detail
11.3.2 Eli Lilly Business Overview
11.3.3 Eli Lilly Depression Drugs Introduction
11.3.4 Eli Lilly Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
11.3.5 Eli Lilly Recent Development
11.4 Astrazeneca
11.4.1 Astrazeneca Company Detail
11.4.2 Astrazeneca Business Overview
11.4.3 Astrazeneca Depression Drugs Introduction
11.4.4 Astrazeneca Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
11.4.5 Astrazeneca Recent Development
11.5 Lundbeck
11.5.1 Lundbeck Company Detail
11.5.2 Lundbeck Business Overview
11.5.3 Lundbeck Depression Drugs Introduction
11.5.4 Lundbeck Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
11.5.5 Lundbeck Recent Development
11.6 Allergan
11.6.1 Allergan Company Detail
11.6.2 Allergan Business Overview
11.6.3 Allergan Depression Drugs Introduction
11.6.4 Allergan Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
11.6.5 Allergan Recent Development
11.7 GSK
11.7.1 GSK Company Detail
11.7.2 GSK Business Overview
11.7.3 GSK Depression Drugs Introduction
11.7.4 GSK Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
11.7.5 GSK Recent Development
11.8 Otsuka Pharmaceutical
11.8.1 Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company Detail
11.8.2 Otsuka Pharmaceutical Business Overview
11.8.3 Otsuka Pharmaceutical Depression Drugs Introduction
11.8.4 Otsuka Pharmaceutical Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
11.8.5 Otsuka Pharmaceutical Recent Development
11.9 Takeda
11.9.1 Takeda Company Detail
11.9.2 Takeda Business Overview
11.9.3 Takeda Depression Drugs Introduction
11.9.4 Takeda Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
11.9.5 Takeda Recent Development
11.10 NHU Group
11.10.1 NHU Group Company Detail
11.10.2 NHU Group Business Overview
11.10.3 NHU Group Depression Drugs Introduction
11.10.4 NHU Group Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
11.10.5 NHU Group Recent Development
11.11 Shionogi
11.11.1 Shionogi Company Detail
11.11.2 Shionogi Business Overview
11.11.3 Shionogi Depression Drugs Introduction
11.11.4 Shionogi Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
11.11.5 Shionogi Recent Development
11.12 APOTEX
11.12.1 APOTEX Company Detail
11.12.2 APOTEX Business Overview
11.12.3 APOTEX Depression Drugs Introduction
11.12.4 APOTEX Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
11.12.5 APOTEX Recent Development
11.13 Kanghong Pharma
11.13.1 Kanghong Pharma Company Detail
11.13.2 Kanghong Pharma Business Overview
11.13.3 Kanghong Pharma Depression Drugs Introduction
11.13.4 Kanghong Pharma Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
11.13.5 Kanghong Pharma Recent Development
11.14 HUAHAI
11.14.1 HUAHAI Company Detail
11.14.2 HUAHAI Business Overview
11.14.3 HUAHAI Depression Drugs Introduction
11.14.4 HUAHAI Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
11.14.5 HUAHAI Recent Development
12 Analyst’s Viewpoints/Conclusions
13 Appendix
13.1 Research Methodology
13.1.1 Methodology/Research Approach
13.1.2 Data Source
13.2 Disclaimer
13.3 Author Details
Table 1. Global Depression Drugs Market Size Growth Rate by Type (US$ Million): 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
Table 2. Key Players of SSRIs
Table 3. Key Players of SNRIs
Table 4. Key Players of Others
Table 5. Global Depression Drugs Market Size Growth by Application (US$ Million): 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
Table 6. Global Depression Drugs Market Size by Region (US$ Million): 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
Table 7. Global Depression Drugs Market Size by Region (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 8. Global Depression Drugs Market Share by Region (2020-2025)
Table 9. Global Depression Drugs Forecasted Market Size by Region (2026-2031) & (US$ Million)
Table 10. Global Depression Drugs Market Share by Region (2026-2031)
Table 11. Depression Drugs Market Trends
Table 12. Depression Drugs Market Drivers
Table 13. Depression Drugs Market Challenges
Table 14. Depression Drugs Market Restraints
Table 15. Global Depression Drugs Revenue by Players (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 16. Global Depression Drugs Market Share by Players (2020-2025)
Table 17. Global Top Depression Drugs Players by Company Type (Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3) & (based on the Revenue in Depression Drugs as of 2022)
Table 18. Ranking of Global Top Depression Drugs Companies by Revenue (US$ Million) in 2024
Table 19. Global 5 Largest Players Market Share by Depression Drugs Revenue (CR5 and HHI) & (2020-2025)
Table 20. Key Players Headquarters and Area Served
Table 21. Key Players Depression Drugs Product Solution and Service
Table 22. Date of Enter into Depression Drugs Market
Table 23. Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion Plans
Table 24. Global Depression Drugs Market Size by Type (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 25. Global Depression Drugs Revenue Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
Table 26. Global Depression Drugs Forecasted Market Size by Type (2026-2031) & (US$ Million)
Table 27. Global Depression Drugs Revenue Market Share by Type (2026-2031)
Table 28. Global Depression Drugs Market Size by Application (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 29. Global Depression Drugs Revenue Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
Table 30. Global Depression Drugs Forecasted Market Size by Application (2026-2031) & (US$ Million)
Table 31. Global Depression Drugs Revenue Market Share by Application (2026-2031)
Table 32. North America Depression Drugs Market Size Growth Rate by Country (US$ Million): 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
Table 33. North America Depression Drugs Market Size by Country (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 34. North America Depression Drugs Market Size by Country (2026-2031) & (US$ Million)
Table 35. Europe Depression Drugs Market Size Growth Rate by Country (US$ Million): 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
Table 36. Europe Depression Drugs Market Size by Country (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 37. Europe Depression Drugs Market Size by Country (2026-2031) & (US$ Million)
Table 38. Asia-Pacific Depression Drugs Market Size Growth Rate by Region (US$ Million): 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
Table 39. Asia-Pacific Depression Drugs Market Size by Region (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 40. Asia-Pacific Depression Drugs Market Size by Region (2026-2031) & (US$ Million)
Table 41. Latin America Depression Drugs Market Size Growth Rate by Country (US$ Million): 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
Table 42. Latin America Depression Drugs Market Size by Country (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 43. Latin America Depression Drugs Market Size by Country (2026-2031) & (US$ Million)
Table 44. Middle East & Africa Depression Drugs Market Size Growth Rate by Country (US$ Million): 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
Table 45. Middle East & Africa Depression Drugs Market Size by Country (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 46. Middle East & Africa Depression Drugs Market Size by Country (2026-2031) & (US$ Million)
Table 47. Intellipharmaceutics Company Detail
Table 48. Intellipharmaceutics Business Overview
Table 49. Intellipharmaceutics Depression Drugs Product
Table 50. Intellipharmaceutics Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 51. Intellipharmaceutics Recent Development
Table 52. Pfizer Company Detail
Table 53. Pfizer Business Overview
Table 54. Pfizer Depression Drugs Product
Table 55. Pfizer Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 56. Pfizer Recent Development
Table 57. Eli Lilly Company Detail
Table 58. Eli Lilly Business Overview
Table 59. Eli Lilly Depression Drugs Product
Table 60. Eli Lilly Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 61. Eli Lilly Recent Development
Table 62. Astrazeneca Company Detail
Table 63. Astrazeneca Business Overview
Table 64. Astrazeneca Depression Drugs Product
Table 65. Astrazeneca Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 66. Astrazeneca Recent Development
Table 67. Lundbeck Company Detail
Table 68. Lundbeck Business Overview
Table 69. Lundbeck Depression Drugs Product
Table 70. Lundbeck Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 71. Lundbeck Recent Development
Table 72. Allergan Company Detail
Table 73. Allergan Business Overview
Table 74. Allergan Depression Drugs Product
Table 75. Allergan Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 76. Allergan Recent Development
Table 77. GSK Company Detail
Table 78. GSK Business Overview
Table 79. GSK Depression Drugs Product
Table 80. GSK Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 81. GSK Recent Development
Table 82. Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company Detail
Table 83. Otsuka Pharmaceutical Business Overview
Table 84. Otsuka Pharmaceutical Depression Drugs Product
Table 85. Otsuka Pharmaceutical Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 86. Otsuka Pharmaceutical Recent Development
Table 87. Takeda Company Detail
Table 88. Takeda Business Overview
Table 89. Takeda Depression Drugs Product
Table 90. Takeda Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 91. Takeda Recent Development
Table 92. NHU Group Company Detail
Table 93. NHU Group Business Overview
Table 94. NHU Group Depression Drugs Product
Table 95. NHU Group Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 96. NHU Group Recent Development
Table 97. Shionogi Company Detail
Table 98. Shionogi Business Overview
Table 99. Shionogi Depression Drugs Product
Table 100. Shionogi Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 101. Shionogi Recent Development
Table 102. APOTEX Company Detail
Table 103. APOTEX Business Overview
Table 104. APOTEX Depression Drugs Product
Table 105. APOTEX Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 106. APOTEX Recent Development
Table 107. Kanghong Pharma Company Detail
Table 108. Kanghong Pharma Business Overview
Table 109. Kanghong Pharma Depression Drugs Product
Table 110. Kanghong Pharma Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 111. Kanghong Pharma Recent Development
Table 112. HUAHAI Company Detail
Table 113. HUAHAI Business Overview
Table 114. HUAHAI Depression Drugs Product
Table 115. HUAHAI Revenue in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)
Table 116. HUAHAI Recent Development
Table 117. Research Programs/Design for This Report
Table 118. Key Data Information from Secondary Sources
Table 119. Key Data Information from Primary Sources
List of Figures
Figure 1. Global Depression Drugs Market Size Comparison by Type (2025-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 2. Global Depression Drugs Market Share by Type: 2022 VS 2029
Figure 3. SSRIs Features
Figure 4. SNRIs Features
Figure 5. Others Features
Figure 6. Global Depression Drugs Market Size Comparison by Application (2025-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 7. Global Depression Drugs Market Share by Application: 2022 VS 2029
Figure 8. Hospitals Case Studies
Figure 9. Clinics Case Studies
Figure 10. Others Case Studies
Figure 11. Depression Drugs Report Years Considered
Figure 12. Global Depression Drugs Market Size (US$ Million), Year-over-Year: 2020-2031
Figure 13. Global Depression Drugs Market Size, (US$ Million), 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
Figure 14. Global Depression Drugs Market Share by Region: 2022 VS 2029
Figure 15. Global Depression Drugs Market Share by Players in 2024
Figure 16. Global Top Depression Drugs Players by Company Type (Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3) & (based on the Revenue in Depression Drugs as of 2022)
Figure 17. The Top 10 and 5 Players Market Share by Depression Drugs Revenue in 2024
Figure 18. North America Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 19. North America Depression Drugs Market Share by Country (2020-2031)
Figure 20. United States Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 21. Canada Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 22. Europe Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 23. Europe Depression Drugs Market Share by Country (2020-2031)
Figure 24. Germany Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 25. France Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 26. U.K. Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 27. Italy Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 28. Russia Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 29. Nordic Countries Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 30. Asia-Pacific Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 31. Asia-Pacific Depression Drugs Market Share by Region (2020-2031)
Figure 32. China Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 33. Japan Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 34. South Korea Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 35. Southeast Asia Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 36. India Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 37. Australia Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 38. Latin America Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 39. Latin America Depression Drugs Market Share by Country (2020-2031)
Figure 40. Mexico Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 41. Brazil Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 42. Middle East & Africa Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 43. Middle East & Africa Depression Drugs Market Share by Country (2020-2031)
Figure 44. Turkey Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 45. Saudi Arabia Depression Drugs Market Size YoY Growth (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
Figure 46. Intellipharmaceutics Revenue Growth Rate in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
Figure 47. Pfizer Revenue Growth Rate in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
Figure 48. Eli Lilly Revenue Growth Rate in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
Figure 49. Astrazeneca Revenue Growth Rate in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
Figure 50. Lundbeck Revenue Growth Rate in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
Figure 51. Allergan Revenue Growth Rate in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
Figure 52. GSK Revenue Growth Rate in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
Figure 53. Otsuka Pharmaceutical Revenue Growth Rate in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
Figure 54. Takeda Revenue Growth Rate in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
Figure 55. NHU Group Revenue Growth Rate in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
Figure 56. Shionogi Revenue Growth Rate in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
Figure 57. APOTEX Revenue Growth Rate in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
Figure 58. Kanghong Pharma Revenue Growth Rate in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
Figure 59. HUAHAI Revenue Growth Rate in Depression Drugs Business (2020-2025)
Figure 60. Bottom-up and Top-down Approaches for This Report
Figure 61. Data Triangulation
Figure 62. Key Executives Interviewed
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