In April 2015, the Russian import of ready-made pharmaceutical drugs started to decrease, which is characteristic of that time of the year, but this year, it began a month earlier than usual. The volume of import fell by 14%, compared to March. In absolute terms, Russia imported 30.6 mln RUR worth of pharmaceutical drugs in April. In physical terms, the volume of import has decreased by 16% over the past year, which is also a sign of a downward trend...

Nearly 70 banks perform payment transactions of the import of pharmaceutical drugs to Russia, with the top-5 banks performing 69.4% of all the transactions made in the first quarter of 2015...

The beginning of the year for retail pharmacies was not only highlighted by further development of the economic crisis, demand fluctuation and a number of regulatory initiatives...

In March 2015, the volume of the Russian import of ready-made pharmaceutical drugs remained almost the same and amounted to 35.4 bln RUR. Over the year, the import expenditures has risen by 12%. However, the actual volume of import is decreasing, compared to March 2014, as it has fallen by 1.1% over the year...