Exports of medicines from Russia have decreased by 20% this year.

In the first seven months of 2023, Russian distributors exported 230 million packages of Russian medicines to foreign countries (excluding EAEU states). This is stated in the report of the analytical company RNC Pharma, which Vedomosti reviewed. According to her information, this is the lowest figure in the last six years (there are no earlier data).

For comparison: during the same period in the pre-Covid years 2018 and 2019, Russia exported 270 million and 300 million packages, respectively. In the first seven months of 2020, shipments increased to a record 390 million packages. After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia began exporting drugs prescribed to treat this infection, recalls Sergei Shulyak, CEO of the marketing agency DSM Group. In particular, we are talking about antiviral drugs arbidol and avifavir. In this regard, the export of domestic drugs has reached its maximum values ​​over the past few years, Shulyak explained.