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Drug Sales in Ukraine Rose by Nearly 20% in First Half of Year

11 August , 2026  

Pharmacy sales of drugs in Ukraine from January through June 2026 increased by 19.52% in monetary terms compared to the same period last year, reaching nearly 97.918 billion UAH.

According to a report by Business Credit to the Interfax-Ukraine news agency, citing research findings, sales of medicines in volume terms also rose—by 4.9%, to nearly 418.711 million packages.

The weighted average retail price of pharmaceuticals for the first half of the year was 233.85 UAH per package, which is 13.96% higher than the figure for January–June 2025.

Thus, the pharmaceutical segment demonstrated growth not only due to higher prices but also thanks to an increase in the number of packages sold. This distinguishes it from the pharmacy market as a whole, where sales in physical terms declined by 5.8% over the six-month period.

In the first quarter of 2026, pharmaceutical sales rose by 13.9% in monetary terms—to over 48.426 billion UAH—and by 4.85% in volume terms—to nearly 211.947 million packages.

In 2025, Ukrainian pharmacies sold medicines worth 170.318 billion UAH, which is 12.79% more than the previous year. The volume of sales then decreased by 0.2% to 808.546 million packages.

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