Only 5% of Russian doctors believe that the devaluation of the ruble will not change anything in the Russian pharmaceutical market, according to an online survey by the RNC Pharma analyst company and the Doktor Na Rabote (Doctor at Work) social media service for doctors. Another 2% expect that prices rises will decrease demand for “useless” drugs (vitamins, probiotics, etc.).

Vaccines were the most imported veterinary product in 2019, accounting for 45% of the total import in monetary terms, which has not changed much in recent years. In 2019, Russia imported 16.9 bln RUB worth of veterinary vaccines (customs clearance prices), which is in monetary terms (rubles) 37.4% higher than that in 2018. The dynamics are high, but far from record-worthy, as there has been three better results in the last 10 years. The dynamics in physical terms (units) are +43.8%, with 9.4 bln units.

In 2019, Russia imported 18.4 bln RUB worth (customs clearance prices, VAT included) of pharmaceutical drugs for clinical trials (CT), or 862 thousand units. While the dynamics in monetary terms have reached a historic high and are +7.6%, the dynamics in physical terms are much higher (+19.4%) but at the same time nearly thrice lower than those in 2014.

Only 24% support sales promotions and agreements between pharmacy chains and pharmaceutical manufacturers, according to an online survey by the RNC Pharma analyst company and the Doktor Na Rabote (Doctor at Work) social media service for doctors.

In 2019, Russia exported 46 bln RUB worth of pharmaceutical drugs (customs duties included), which is in monetary terms (rubles) 13% higher than that in 2018. The export volume in physical terms amounted to more than 0.95 bln units, with the dynamics of +17.9%.

35% of doctors are more afraid of the hype around coronavirus than of the epidemic itself, according to an online survey by the RNC Pharma analyst company and the Doktor Na Rabote (Doctor at Work) social media service for doctors.

In 2019, Russia imported 132 bln RUB worth of APIs (customs clearance prices, VAT included), which is monetary terms (rubles) 36.3% higher than that in 2018. The import volume in physical terms amounted to 13.2 thousand tons, with the dynamics of +10.2%. The average prices have risen from 8.1 thousand RUB / 1 kg to 10 thousand RUB / 1 kg by the end of 2019.

In 2019, Russia imported 37 bln RUB worth of veterinary drugs (customs clearance, VAT included), which is in monetary terms (rubles) 39.7% higher than that in 2018. The dynamics of the import of feed supplements have turned out negative for the first time since 2010 (-5.3%), with the total volume of 36.4 bln RUB. As for veterinary APIs, the import volume is 3.2 bln RUB, with the dynamics of +66%.

In 2019, Russia imported 759.2 bln RUB worth of pharmaceutical drugs (customs clearance prices, VAT included). The import volume together with the import dynamics in rubles (+42.8%) hit historic highs. The dynamics of the in-bulk import, while not record-worthy, were also rather high (+22.7%). However, the total in-bulk import volume did hit a historic high with 129.8 bln RUB.

43% of doctors prefer to prescribe original drugs, according to an online survey by the RNC Pharma analyst company and the Doktor Na Rabote (Doctor at Work) social media service for doctors.