KYIV. June 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Pharmacy sales in Ukraine in January-May 2015 in U.S. dollar terms grew by 15% compared to the same period in 2014, to UAH 3.53 billion, in packages they declined by 19%, to 99.336 million packages, Business Credit has told Interfax-Ukraine.
According to the company, pharmacy sales of medicines in January-May this year in dollar terms rose by 13.4%, to UAH 2.868 billion, in packages they fell by 26%, to 60.725 million packages.
Pharmacy cosmetic sales grew by 48%, to UAH 81.515 million and in packages they fell by 135, to 2.018 million packages.
The average price of goods in retail pharmacies in the first five months of 2015 was UAH 34.91, the average price of a package of medicine was UAH 45.87 and cosmetics – UAH 35.69.
The experts said that prices of medicine grew slowly than the prices of consumer goods. In April-May the prices of medicines did not grow.
