Between January and May 2019, Russia produced 157.5 bln RUB worth of pharmaceutical drugs (manufacturers’ dispatch prices, VAT included), which is in monetary terms (rubles) 19.1% higher than that of the same period in 2018. While the dynamics are positive, they are still significantly lower than those of 2018. These dynamics are due to May’s negative dynamics in monetary terms and low positive in physical terms.

Between January and April 2019, Russia produced 127.4 bln RUB worth of pharmaceutical drugs (dispatch prices, VAT included), which is in monetary terms (rubles) 26.3% higher than that of the same period in 2018. These high dynamics are due not only to inflation but also to high production volume in physical terms (+4.1%).

Between January and March 2019, Russia produced 86.9 bln RUB worth of pharmaceuticals (manufactures’ dispatch prices, VAT included), which is in monetary terms 14.7% higher than that of the same period of 2018. However, the dynamics in physical terms are only +0.5% (1.01 bln units).

Between January and February 2019, Russia produced 53.6 bln RUB worth of pharmaceuticals (dispatch prices, VAT included), which is in monetary terms 14.3% higher than that of the same period in 2018. In physical terms, the dynamics are -1.5%, with 651.5 mln units.

January 2019 saw the typical seasonal decrease, with the dynamics of the dispatched Russian pharmaceutical drug production being -24% in monetary terms and -26% in physical terms. However, the dynamics of the total Russian pharmaceutical drug production are +6.5% in monetary terms and +2.7% in physical terms.