Residents of St. Petersburg significantly increased spending on home remedies. In January-September this year, pharmacies in St. Petersburg sold domestic drugs worth 37.16 billion rubles. Compared to the corresponding period in 2025, their sales volumes increased by 20.8%, according to DSM Group data. At the same time, in physical volumes, sales of such drugs decreased by 2.3% to 81.86 million packages. Thus, an increase in spending on Russian drugs with a decrease in sales in quantitative terms occurred against the background of an increase in the average cost of purchased packages. Experts surveyed by the publication point out that the increase in the average cost of packaging reflects a change in the structure of consumption. Russian manufacturers are developing expensive categories, including drugs for the treatment of diabetes and obesity: they are cheaper than imported analogues, but significantly more expensive than the usual Russian package. Read more in the material on our website. Telegram knowledge | maximum.

Residents of St. Petersburg significantly increased spending on home remedies. In January-September this year, pharmacies in St. Petersburg sold domestic drugs worth 37.16 billion rubles. Compared to the corresponding period in 2025, their sales volumes increased by 20.8%, according to DSM Group data. At the same time, in physical volumes, sales of such drugs decreased by 2.3% to 81.86 million packages. Thus, an increase in spending on Russian drugs with a decrease in sales in quantitative terms occurred against the background of an increase in the average cost of purchased packages. Experts surveyed by the publication point out that the increase in the average cost of packaging reflects a change in the structure of consumption. Russian manufacturers are developing expensive categories, including drugs for the treatment of diabetes and obesity: they are cheaper than imported analogues, but significantly more expensive than the usual Russian package. Read more in the material on our website. Telegram knowledge | maximum.