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The pharmaceutical industry in Russia had a turnover of $16.5 billion in 2016, which was equal to 1.3 % of GDP and 19.9% of health spending.
The Russian healthcare system is funded by the federal government, social spending and the Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund. However, the industry expects a big shift towards the private healthcare spending.
Russia is a net importer of pharmaceuticals, importing $8.9 billion while exporting $635 million of medicines. Close to 80% of imports come from Europe, mostly from Germany and France.
Drug manufacturers prefer not to work with retail pharmacy chains or pharmacies directly, relying instead on distributors to promote their products to retail outlets. Distributors operate vast networks of contacts and work to direct retail distribution channels. According to DSM, one of the major Russian pharmaceutical Agencies, the major four distributors include Katren, Protek,
Association of the Russian pharmaceutical manufacturersThe UK BioIndustry Association
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Local market
The Russian pharmaceutical market can be divided by prescription drugs andover the counter drug
Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs are medicines sold directly to a consumer without a requirement for a prescription from a healthcare professional, as opposed to prescription drugs, which may be supplied only to consumers possessing a valid prescr ...
s. The prescription drugs sales historically took the biggest share of the market, capturing 61% of the market in 2016. The sales of generic drugs
A generic drug is a pharmaceutical drug that contains the same chemical substance as a drug that was originally protected by chemical patents. Generic drugs are allowed for sale after the patents on the original drugs expire. Because the active ch ...
dominate in the prescription category at 64.5%. Out of all pharmaceutical sales they constitute only 39.4%.
The most widespread diseases in Russia are cardiovascular diseases, cancer and HIV. As a result, pharmaceutical products addressing these ailments are the leading sub-sectors for the pharmaceutical industry in Russia.
The largest manufacturers by retail sales include Sanofi
Sanofi S.A. is a French multinational pharmaceutical and healthcare company headquartered in Paris, France. Originally, the corporation was established in 1973 and merged with Synthélabo in 1999 to form Sanofi-Synthélabo. In 2004, Sanofi-Syn ...
, Bayer
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, Novartis
Novartis AG is a Swiss-American multinational pharmaceutical corporation based in Basel, Switzerland and
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, Servier
Servier Laboratories (French: Laboratoires Servier, often abbreviated to Servier) is an international pharmaceutical company governed by a non-profit foundation, with its headquarters in France (Suresnes).
The consolidated turnover for the 2018 ...
. Pharmstandard
JSC Pharmstandard (russian: ПАО "Фармстандарт", PAO "Farmstandart") is a Russian multinational pharmaceutical company. It is headquartered in Dolgoprudny, Moscow Oblast.
Pharmstandard's makes and exports over 400 generic and propri ...
is the largest domestic manufacturer by sales, ranking 18th in 2015.
Distributors
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The number of pharmacy chains has been growing and currently it exceeds 50,000. Most of the sales are coming from the following chains: , A5, , , and Neopharm.
Import substitution efforts
The Russian government is focused on creating its own pharmaceutical industry. The main document that governs this focus is the “Pharma 2020 Strategy”. Its main goal is to reduce the reliance of the Russian economy on imported pharmaceuticals. In July 2016, Prime Minister Medvedev said that he expects the domestic production to increase from 28.5% now to 75% by 2020.See also
*Russian drugs
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References
External links
Association of the Russian pharmaceutical manufacturers
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Russia
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