Despite the prevalence of sleep problems (28 to 45% of the population), the sleep normalizing drugs are difficult to access. The access is restricted mainly because most of them are only available on prescription. Some brands are on strict record keeping in pharmacies, as controlled substances. By the results of 2016, the sales of the sleeping pills reached 1.94 billion rubles (5.24 million packages), whereas the sales of the group of other sleep improving products were 6 times more in value (12.91 billion rubles) and almost 40 times more in packages (199,14 billion packages).
Trends in sale of sleep improving medicinal products and rating of the hypnotic drugs brands in retail commercial sector of the pharmaceutical market, 2014 to 2016
* The retail sales from pharmacies are presented in sell-out prices.
Source: AlphaRM – Monitoring of retail sales of medicinal products and dietary supplements in Russian Federation.
Despite the prevalence of sleep problems (28 to 45% of the population), the sleep normalizing drugs are difficult to access. The access is restricted mainly because most of them are only available on prescription. Some brands are on strict record keeping in pharmacies, as controlled substances. By the results of 2016, the sales of the sleeping pills reached 1.94 billion rubles (5.24 million packages), whereas the sales of the group of other sleep improving products were 6 times more in value (12.91 billion rubles) and almost 40 times more in packages (199,14 billion packages).
Trends in sale of sleep improving medicinal products and rating of the hypnotic drugs brands in retail commercial sector of the pharmaceutical market, 2014 to 2016
* The retail sales from pharmacies are presented in sell-out prices.
Source: AlphaRM – Monitoring of retail sales of medicinal products and dietary supplements in Russian Federation.
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