In Russian pharmacies has more expensive drugs

Russian pharmacies in March, the cost of drugs increased by 9 percent than in the same period a year earlier. Write about this “Izvestia” with reference to the report of the Agency DSM Group.

the Rise in price in conjunction with the excessive demand has allowed to pharmacies to receive revenue by 46 percent more than in March last year. So, in March the average price of the packaging of the medicinal product amounted to 217 rubles, which is 9 percent more than the year before. The volume of commercial pharmaceutical market in March amounted to 127 billion rubles. In the physical volume of the market increased by 35 percent to 587,2 million units.

Analysts say that the increase is associated with rising prices in recent years. In the second half of March, the inflation on medicines amounted to about 2 percent.

according to experts, the reduction in purchasing activity of Russians in April-may a few lower drug prices, since the buyer is limited in the movements because of the proliferation of coronavirus infection.

the Russians began to buy more of the categories of drugs: according to the company, the shares of different groups of medicines practically did not change. The most popular categories are left to the digestive tract and metabolism (17 percent of sales of all drugs in March 2020), for the treatment of diseases of the cardiovascular system (15%), SARS (13 percent).