Corvalol’s sales in Russia fell to the lowest levels of 2018 by the end of 2023. DSM Group pointed out that the demand for the drug among Russians has decreased. The newspaper was informed of the agency’s report “Vedomosti”.
Between January and December, 40 million packs of Corvalol were sold in the country. This is 7% less than in 2022 (43 million).
It is stated that sales of the drug have decreased in the last few years. Thus, 46 million packs of Corvalol were purchased from Russian pharmacies in 2021, and 50 million in 2020.
Corvalol was developed in the USSR in the 1960s as a domestic analogue of the German valocordin. Medications are used to relieve anxiety.
Analysts in January stated To a sharp decrease in the number of cheap drugs in the Russian Federation.
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