J.ophthalmol.(Ukraine).2022;1:58-62.
http://doi.org/10.31288/oftalmolzh202215862
Received: 25 July 2021; Published on-line: 15 March 2022
Changes in the quantitative characteristics of the Ukrainian market of tear replacement products for dry eye disease over 2016-2019
V. M. Sakovych 1, Yu. O. Tomashevska 2, O. V. Makarenko 1, O. V. Kryvoviaz 2, M. S. Garnyk 2
1 Dnipro State Medical University; Dnipro (Ukraine)
2 Pirogov National Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsia; Vinnytsa (Ukraine)
TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Sakovych V. M., Tomashevska Yu. O., Makarenko O. V., Kryvoviaz O. V., Garnyk M. S. Changes in the quantitative characteristics of the Ukrainian market of tear replacement products for dry eye disease over 2016-2019. J.ophthalmol.(Ukraine). 2022;1:58-62. http://doi.org/10.31288/oftalmolzh202215862
Background: Management of dry eye syndrome (DES) is a current medical, pharmaceutical and social issue both globally and in Ukraine.
Purpose: To assess changes in quantitative characteristics of the Ukrainian market of tear replacement products (TRPs) for dry eye disease over 2016-2019.
Material and Methods: Data from the national pharmacy-related registers and from PharmXplorer, a marketing research database from Proxima Research LLC, were used for research. Sales were assessed in terms of both packages and Ukrainian hryvnias (₴). Retrospective, structural and graphical methods were used for research.
Results: Of the TRPs available on the market, only 10.7% were Ukrainian products. Almost half (46.43%) of the TRPs were those whose price range was from ₴101 to ₴200. The smallest share of the market (14.28%) was attributed to the most expensive TRPs. In addition, almost half of the products of the lowest price range (₴100 and under) were domestic products.
Conclusion: the number of domestic TRPs in the Ukrainian pharmaceutical market is limited. A stable increase in TRP retail sales both in packages and hryvnias indicates a stable and positive increase in demand for therapeutic products for dry eye patients. A Ukrainian lowest-price niche medical device containing both dexpanthenol and taurin was an absolute leader of 2016-2019 TRP retail sales.
Keywords: tear replacement products, dry eye syndrome, retail sales, price niches
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