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DATA MINE June 18, 1999 The Rx Industry Is Headed for a Net Boom The online consumer health-care market is expected to hit $759 million by 2002, according to technology researcher Jupiter Communications. The message to traditional pharmacies: Ramp up online or risk losing market share. Prescription drugs 1998: O 1999: 6 million 2000: 23 million 2001: 100 million 2002: 332 million Over-the-counter drugs 1998: 1 million 1999: 13 million 2000: 48 million 2001: 95 million 2002: 183 million Vitamins & herbal supplements 1998: 1 million 1999: 18 million 2000: 59 million 2001: 122 million 2002: 244 million Data: Jupiter Communications _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					MORE NUGGETS Mom-and-Pop Online Stores: A Thing of the Past? While the E-commerce pie is going to get bigger, the slice belonging to local stores will shrink in the coming years. High Phone Costs Thwart Netizens Europe's sky-high local telephone rates drive up the cost of logging on. Rating Online Brokers Which firms execute trades the fastest? Does the Boss "Get It"? North American bosses feel much more comfortable with the Internet than chiefs from other regions. The Country Gets Wired Nearly 60 million U.S. households are expected to have Internet access by 2003. A Child's Net Kids and teens are expected to account for $1.3 billion in E-commerce in 2002. The Mother Lode A collection of items from the Data Mine