Pharmacy sales in January-June 2023 increased by 19.4% compared to the same period of 2022 and amounted to almost UAH 84.127 billion.
According to a study by Business Credit, in physical terms, pharmacies sold 612.11 million packs in the first half of this year, which is 10% less than in January-June 2022.
According to the survey, the weighted average price of all goods of the pharmacy basket increased by almost a third (+33%) – up to UAH 137.44. At the same time, pharmacy sales of medicines in January-June 2023 increased to UAH 65.96 billion (+16.9%). The weighted average price of medicines amounted to UAH 153.8, which is 27.2% more than a year earlier. A total of 430.899 mln packs of medicines (-8.12%) were sold in the mentioned reporting period in the pharmacy network.
The report states that pharmacy sales of medical devices increased in the first half of 2023 by 9.83% – up to UAH 2.142 billion.
Among the leaders in terms of growth, in particular, mineral water, whose sales increased by 52.1% to UAH 432.537 million, and dietary supplements with an increase in sales by 51.17% to sales of January-June 2022, almost to UAH 8.453 billion.
At the same time, sales of products for parenteral administration of medicines decreased by 20% to UAH 230.483 mln.