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  • Jackie Bojor
    Jackie Bojor    Group moderator
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    The best sold OTC drugs in Romania
    Hello Everybody,

    Maybe you are interested to know that according to Cegedim and Business Magazine, the best selling drugs without prescriptions, in the first ten months of 2009 in Romania, were:
    • Nurofen: 9 million of sold units (total sales value: 18.3 million EUR, at the acquisition price in pharmacies, without VAT and commercial addition)
    • Algocalmin: 10 million of sold units (total sales value: 11 million EUR)
    • Aspenter: 4 million of sold units (total sales value: 6.5 million EUR)
    • Paracetamol Sinus: 5 million of sold units (total sales value: 6 million EUR)
    • Antinevralgic: 5 million of sold units (total sales value: 5.9 million EUR)
    • Coldrex: 1.4 million of sold units (total sales value: 5.7 million EUR)
    • Aspacardin: 1.7 million of sold units (total sales value: 4.7 million EUR)
    • No-Spa: 2.5 million of sold units (total sales value: 4.3 million EUR)
    • Olynth: 2 million of sold units (total sales value: 4 million EUR)
    • Essentiale Forte: 0.88 million of sold units (total sales value: 3.9 million EUR)

    According to the same source, Romania records public and private expenditures for drugs of 104 USD per capita, being the one before last in the European Union and one of the worst ranked in Europe, exceeding only Bulgaria, Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. The countries with the highest expenditures for drugs in Europe are Switzerland, France and Belgium.

    The expenditures with drugs in Romania represent 22.3% in the total amount allocated to health, this level being below the ones in countries such as the Czech Republic, Hungary of Slovakia that record percentages of 30% or more. The Romanian level is above the average in the Central and Eastern Europe, but this average is significantly lowered by Russia.

    For customised research and market intelligence in the Pharma and Medical Services sector in Eastern Europe please don't hesitate to contact our team at europa[at]frdcenter.ro

    Jackie Bojor
    FRD Center Market Entry Services Romania - http://www.frdcenter.ro
    • 03 Feb 2010, 2:23 pm