Russia’s pharma market rises 10% in 2015 to 1 tln rbl

MOSCOW, Apr 20 (PRIME) -- The volume of the Russian market of pharmaceuticals grew 10.34% in 2015 to 1.12 trillion rubles, according to documents of the government seen by PRIME on Wednesday.

The production of pharmaceuticals rose 26.3% to 231 billion rubles. The share of domestically made medicines on the market stood at 27.2% by value. Russian producers made 65.9% of all life-saving drugs sold in the country last year.

The share of state purchases on the market was 32.8%, rising from 25% in 2014.

(65.6474 rubles – U.S. $1)

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