This research is devoted to the investigation of the general trends in the development of the pharmaceutical industry in the current conditions of economical socialization. The determination of the economic specificity of the modern operation of the pharmaceutical industry is the purpose of the research. It was found that pharmacy is a profitable sphere of investment in spite of the economic crisis. Furthermore, it was found that national pharmaceutical markets of developing countries contributed significantly to the national economies (since the job of locating pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities is being vacated by developed countries), while the markets of developed countries facilitated the prospering of the economies of their countries (since new ways of making manufacturing cheaper provides for comfortable business). In addition, the correlation of data on export and import of pharmaceutical products gives an idea of the leaders of the pharmaceutical market and the peculiarities of their work. The research also found that the manufacturing of generic drugs was a promising branch of pharmacy. The novelty of this research is determined by the necessity of a comprehensive analysis of rapidly changed trends, which can serve as the basis from relevant economic planning.