“When they announced the flu epidemic on TV, people took pharmacies by storm, we couldn’t cope with demand,” Cristiana Ungureanu, pharmacist and owner of the Forte Vita Farm, a 13-pharmacy chain in Arges County, told ZF.
In all, Romanians spent 712 million lei (EUR150 million) on OTC cold and flu drugs in 2018, 7% more than in 2017.
Sales of OTCs, which include food supplements and medical devices for personal use stood at some RON2.5 billion in January-September 2018.
The best-selling cold and flu drug is again Nurofen, of UK’s Reckitt Benckiser. The best-selling ranking also includes a `made in Romania’ drug, Bioflu, number four by sales, which is made by Romanian Biofarm plant.(EUR1=RON4.7517)
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)