The total number of treatment days in 2020 increased by 6.9%.
Excluding the impact of cost-volume-result (CVR) and cost-volume (CV) programs, the value of Rx medical drugs released in public pharmacies decreased 0.5%, totaling RON9.97 billion (EUR2.06 billion).
Prescription drugs (Rx) sold in pharmacies totaled 362.4 million packs (-3.9%), over-the-counter (OTC) drugs reached 23.9 million packs (+9.7%), and medicines sold in hospitals reached 23.9 million packs (- 21.1%).
By volume sales, the ranking of producers remained the same as in 2019, with Zentiva on the top spot, followed by Sun Pharma (including Terapia), Servier (includin Egis), GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi, Krka, Antibiotice, Viatris, Biofarm, and Gedeon Richter.
By sales value, the ranking was slightly different, with Sanofi in the lead with RON998.3 million, followed by Novartis (including Sandoz) with RON908.6 million, and Zentiva (including Labormed and Alvogen) with RON824.7 million.