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1.1.2 Commercial segment of the Russian pharmaceutical market
The results of the pharmaceutical market in 2020 were largely influenced by consumer
behavior in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. With the emergence of news about the
methods of treating coronavirus infection, there was an increased demand for one or another
group of drugs. This led to an increase in sales, and at times a shortage, when manufacturers
were not ready to meet the demand in full.
According to DSM Group, at the end of 2020, the market growth in the commercial segment
in rubles was 11%, while in physical terms it remained in the negative zone – -2%. Thus, the
retail segment sold about 5.0 billion packages of drugs worth 1,128 billion rubles (in retail
prices).
Dynamics of the commercial drugs
market, RUB bln
Dynamics of the commercial drugs
market, mln packages
896 (+6%) (+5%) (+3%)
(+11%)
4 896
(+2%)
(+4%)
(-2%)
(-2%)
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Source: DSM Group
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Source: DSM Group
The consumption of drugs at the expense of the population's own funds remains one of the
main elements of the healthcare system drug supply: about 64% in monetary terms and
almost 85% in packages. Hence the high requirements for pharmacies who in this case act as
a sales channel. At the beginning of 2020, pharmacies were getting ready to sell labeled
medicines from July 1, 2020. But the spread of the new coronavirus infection created an
additional challenge: shortages of certain pharmacy products.
In 2020, there were no seasonal or other common trends inherent in the pharmacy market.
Antivirals and antibiotics were in greatest demand during the pandemic. Moreover, even in
summer, sales of these categories of drugs were significantly higher than in previous years.
The structure of drug consumption in 2020 was influenced by such macroeconomic factors as
the crisis caused by the pandemic, the lockdown, the decline of real disposable income (-3.5%
according to the Federal State Statistics Service), the change in household spending in favor
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