pharmaceutical manufacturing sector study july 2000 labat africa cmcs 71 chapter 5 comparative benchmarking results 1 introduction this presents the of sample survey domestic companies and international data for product two components have been rolled into one because effectively compared selected local manufacturers on various standards criteria with collected from 2 other countries would allow a direct comparison to thus reports these surveys together in tables that compare south african average figure figures used at end key issues arising out are summarised under 6 management headings gathering questionnaire methodology selection preceding literature has pointed clearly although certain general competitiveness exists ie overall legislative framework existing distribution channels each individual therapeutic sub category its own competitive environment impacting suppliers include such as size market growth prospects composition structure