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Due to the sharp weakening of the ruble against the backdrop of recent geopolitical events, drug prices have also changed. According to E1.ru, prices for the most popular medicines have grown disproportionately: from 3% to 77%.
Thus, readers of the publication complain about the rise in the cost of antibiotics, contraceptives, anti-cold drugs, for example, sprays for sore throats, as well as rapid tests for the presence of COVID-19.
Evgeniy Maltsev, head of the pharmacy aggregator tsenyvaptekah.rf, explained why the cost of various drugs is growing so unevenly. First of all, according to him, it is necessary to divide the assortment very clearly.
“There are several parameters that affect this market,” he said.
Firstly, Maltsev noted, most foreign manufacturers supply goods for foreign currency value.
“You need to understand that foreign currency drugs have risen in price exactly as much as the ruble has weakened, this is a direct dependence,” the expert said, adding that there is also a certain insurance premium, which distributors and exporters include, “because they do not understand where the dollar will go farther”.
As for Russian drugs, although they depend on the dollar to a lesser extent, they still do.
“A number of components, molecules, and often equipment are purchased abroad. Therefore, the rise in prices for Russian drugs will be less, but over time it will continue,” the expert concluded.
According to analysts, drange 105-115 rub. per dollar turned out to be generally stable, it is expected that it will remain so until the end of spring. According to Head of the Department of Analytical Research, IC “UNIVER Capital” Dmitry Alexandrov, the ruble exchange rate in the next couple of months will very much depend on the end of the conflict in Ukraine and on the full resumption of trading on the Russian market with the participation of foreign participants. At the same time, a change in the situation can be provoked by the completion or escalation of the active part of the conflict, the emergence of new conflict events in other regions of the world.
Source: Rosbalt
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