The marketing research of medicines used in ophthalmological practice of Ukraine

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24959/sphhcj.17.77

Keywords:

medicines for use in ophthalmology, pharmaceutical market, market analysis, market share, price categories.

Abstract

Aim. To analyze the domestic pharmaceutical market of medicines for the treatment of ophthalmic diseases taking into account their dosage forms.

Materials and methods. The analysis was carried out based on the data of the State Register of Medicinal Products of Ukraine, electronic databases, “Morion” information retrieval program and price lists of the weekly journal “Apteka” as of April 10, 2017. The work was based on the logical, system-analytical, statistical and comparative methods of analysis.

Results. A market share of domestic medicines was determined according their dosage forms; it was 40 % of the registered medicines among the total number of 227 trade names. The domestic producers with the largest range of medicines are PJSC “Farmak”, Kyiv (38 % of the registered medicines) and LLC “Experimental Plant of the SSCC”, Kharkiv (21 %). Distribution of the range of medicines of group S01X A “Other ophthalmologicals” was carried out into price categories, and their lower, middle and high prices were determined. With the application of the pricing method for the medicine developed with the focus on the prices of competitors it has been found that the most favorable position is in the middle price category.

Conclusions. The results of the marketing research can be used when developing practical measures to increase the effectiveness of implementing socially adapted mechanisms for reimbursing the cost of ophthalmic drugs within the government measures to increase the availability of pharmaceutical care to patients in Ukraine.

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Published

2017-06-14

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Social marketing and pharmacoeconomic research