Russian pharmaceutical market in the 1st quarter 2007.
26.04.2007
According to monthly retail audit of the Russian pharmaceutical market by DSM Group, in the 1st quarter 2007, drugs pharmacy market value amounted to $1.3 billion in pharmacies purchasing prices, which is 17% higher than that of 2006.
The leading drug manufacturer on the commercial market was PHARMSTANDARD, with about 5% market share in the 1st quarter 2007. It moved from SANOFI-AVENTIS and BERLIN-CHEMIE from their top positions in the rating of the 1st quarter 2006. No other changes was in the rating, its composition stayed the same.
|
Rating |
Manufacturers |
Share in drugs sales
in the 1st quarter 2007 |
|
1 |
PHARMSTANDARD |
4,9% |
|
2 |
SANOFI-AVENTIS |
4,4% |
|
3 |
BERLIN-CHEMIE |
3,5% |
|
4 |
LEK D.D. |
2,7% |
|
5 |
GEDEON RICHTER |
2,7% |
|
6 |
NYCOMED |
2,6% |
|
7 |
NOVARTIS |
2,6% |
|
8 |
PFIZER |
2,5% |
|
9 |
SERVIER |
2,4% |
|
10 |
KRKA |
2,2% |
The most sold brand on the commercial market in the 1st quarter 2007 was ARBIDOL. Its share is almost twice more than of the following next THERAFLU.
|
Rating |
Brands |
Share in drugs sales
in the 1st quarter 2007 |
|
1 |
ARBIDOL |
1,7% |
|
2 |
THERAFLU |
0,9% |
|
3 |
ACTOVEGIN |
0,8% |
|
4 |
VITRUM |
0,8% |
|
5 |
VIAGRA |
0,8% |
|
6 |
ESSENTIALE |
0,7% |
|
7 |
LINEX |
0,7% |
|
8 |
MEZYM FORTE |
0,7% |
|
9 |
ENAP |
0,7% |
|
10 |
ANAFERON |
0,7% |
LINEX had maximum growth in the rating. Its share in drugs retail sales became 3 times more than that of the 1st quarter 2006, when it placed 20-th position of the rating. MEXIDOL was a new brand in TOP-20 with its 0.6% share of the drugs retail market.
In the 1st quarter 2007, nutritional supplements (NS) pharmacy sales value amounted to 2.2 billion rubles in pharmacies purchasing prices, and it stayed almost at the same level as the year before.
The two leading NS manufacturers on the commercial market were EVALAR (16.9% of NS pharmacy market) and DIOD (10.2%).
Given information is based on the monthly retail audit of the Russian pharmaceutical market by DSM Group (QMS meets ISO 9001:2000 requirements).
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