Visitors pharmacies are no longer afraid of the pandemic COVID-19. That is the conclusion analysts of DSM Group. They fix the drop in sales of medicines in drugstores on all categories, including antiviral medications and remedies against colds. The lack of income due to quarantine restrictions has made consumers more discriminating, forcing to buy only really necessary medicines.Sale dosage range pharmacy chains in may 2020 fell in cash terms by 2.1%, to 75.3 billion rubles year-on-year. In physical terms the sales decreased by 12.1%, to 352 million packages. Demonstrated negative dynamics almost all groups of drugs, including antiviral medications and remedies against colds. In particular, sales of drugs for the treatment of diseases of the respiratory system decreased by 23% year-on-year. These data are presented in the presentation of DSM Group, presented on 26 June during an online-conference “Pharmacy market in may: the road to crisis.”In a network “Rigla”, sales of such drugs during the third week of March compared to the same period in April increased 3.2 times. The network “36,6” the increased demand for cough medicines, vitamins and immunomodulators. Overall March sales of all drugs in pharmacies grew by 50% is typical for this month’s 10%. But in April, sales in pharmacies fell year-on-year by 2.5%, although the demand for cold remedies remain.Despite the fact that made in March, stocks have been dwindling, consumers are in no mood to make up, said the General Director DSM Group Sergey shuljak. In his opinion, the fear of a pandemic COVID-19 moved into the background and people no longer buy everything drugs hoping to protect themselves from infection. The lack of income during the regime of restrictions do not allow for such purchases, adds Mr. Shulyak. Sales of antiviral and anti-cold remedies actually fell, confirms the CEO of the Voronezh network “Farmy” Roman Kubarev. In his opinion, one of the reasons may also be that sitting at home, consumers saw no need for preventive measures, as well as less ill with seasonal colds.According to DSM Group, positive dynamics among the entire pharmaceutical range in monetary terms in may showed only dietary supplements, dressings, diagnostic instruments and medical instruments. The volume of their implementation this month rose 4%, 7%, 4% and 3% year-on-year, respectively.Maria Kotuwegoda approved the second reading of the bill on which the government can point to delay the introduction of mandatory labelling for a number of drugs and medical products. It is a compromise between the need to start the system marks previously set with��OK, 1 July 2020, and the possible risks of certain problems with the labeling of the pandemic coronavirus— their fears a number of partorganizatsii.Read more
