Iqvia updates week 13 of 2023: braking continues, depends mainly on the commercial market
The consumption “freeze” that has been extinguishing the pharmacy market’s run for about a month now continues in the seven days from March 27 to April 2.
This is the indication that comes from the report with which Iqvia has updated to the thirteenth week of 2023 figures and trends in the channel: in three months, pharmacy totals a turnover of almost 6.7 billion euros, +1.9% over the same period in 2022 (at the end of February it was +2.3%); packages sold amount to 640 million, -3.7% over the past year (-3.3% a month earlier).
The slowdown depends mainly on the commercial market, which in week thirteen loses 12.1% (in volumes) over the same period in 2022 and in the annual progressive “leaves” 10.6%.
THE PHARMACY MARKET TO THE 13TH WEEK OF 2023
COMMERCIAL AREA, THE TREND IN VALUE AND VOLUME
TRADE AREA, THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BASKETS
Stable, on the other hand, is ethical drug, which, again in volume, closed the week with a slight growth (+0.4 %) and over the three months confirmed an increase of 1.4 %.
ETHICAL DRUG, CONSUMPTION IN VALUES AND VOLUMES
The uncertainties of free selling are also confirmed by the overview by baskets: only personal care shows growth in value, while all other segments remain stable or retreat.
BASKET OF PERSONAL CARE (PEC)
In particular, personal care shows volume growth of 7.7 % year-on-year in the week, which brings the cumulative over three months to 5.6 %.
Doing even better is the dermocosmetic segment, which in the yearly cumulative shows (again in volumes) an increase over 2022 of 11.2 %.
FOCUS PEC, DERMOCOSMETIC
FOCUS PEC, ORAL CARE
As for the other segments, the difficulties of the vitamins and food supplements group continue (-6.9 percent in the 13th week on a year-on-year basis and -6.6 percent in the first three months, also on a volume basis.
FOCUS OTC: VITAMINS AND FOOD SUPPLEMENTS
FOCUS OTC: FIBER-BASED LAXATIVES
FOCUS OTC: SYSTEMIC AND TOPICAL PRODUCTS FOR JOINTS
PATIENT CARE BASKET (PAC)
NUTRITIONAL BASKETS, VALUES AND VOLUMES
The fall of seasonal products such as flu shots, saline nasal solutions, and immunostimulants continues. Finally, starting this week, a new window on oral care.
SEASONALITY: ANTI-FLU AND ANTI-COLD
SEASONALITY: NASAL SALINE SOLUTIONS
SEASONALITY: IMMUNOSTIMULANTS
VETERINARY PRODUCTS
Source: April 2023, “Iqvia: nella settimana 13 farmacia ancora in frenata, tira giù il comparto della libera vendita”, pharmacy scanner.
