ANALYSIS OF SEPARATE GROUPS OF CARDIAC DRUGS’ ECONOMICS AFFORDABILITY IN UKRAINE IN 2016–2020

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11603/2312-0967.2021.2.12183

Keywords:

cardiovascular diseases, cardiac drugs, adequacy of solvency, affordability

Abstract

The aim of the work. Analysis of the economic affordability of pharmacotherapeutic group of the II level of anatomical and therapeutic chemical classification - "Cardiac drugs" in the domestic pharmaceutical market in 2016-2020.

Materials and methods. The data of distributors' offers were received on the Morion platform for 2016-2020, the offers of distributors by the group "Cardiac drugs", ATX code C01 were averaged. The analysis of retail prices for drugs of group C01 - cardiac drugs, and separately for group C01E X - Various combined cardiac drugs has been conducted. According to the results of calculations of the price chain index (IP), indicators of solvency adequacy (Cas) and economic affordability (D), general trends in the growth of retail prices of cardiac drugs in Ukraine over the past 5 years have been established and the need for import-substitution of drugs of the study group.

Results and discussion. The highest value of the retail price index during 2016-2020 was characterized by group - C01 A - Cardiac glycosides, the lowest rate of price growth corresponded to group C01 B - Antiarrhythmic drugs. It was found that all pharmacotherapeutic subgroups of group C01 were characterized by an annual decrease in the adequacy of solvency. At the same time, the dynamics of increasing economic affordability by an average of 5% was determined - from 2.46 in 2016 to 2.33 in 2020. It was found that for group C01E X "Different combined cardiac drugs" has showed that the trends persist for the group C01 "Cardiological drugs".

Conclusions. The general tendency to moderate growth of prices has been determined, at the same time the calculated indicators of affordability allowed to determine the dynamics to the gradual growth of economic affordability of cardiac drugs, including group C01E X - Various combined cardiac drugs.

Author Biographies

N. A. Symonenko, National University of Pharmacy of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine

PhD-student of the Department of Industrial Pharmacy and Economics, Institute for Advanced Training of Pharmacy Specialists

M. V. Podgaina, National University of Pharmacy of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine

PhD (Pharmacy), Associate Professor of the Organization and Economics of Pharmacy Department

A. S. Nemchenko, National University of Pharmacy of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine

Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, DSc (Pharmacy), Professor, Head of the Department of Organization and Economics of Pharmacy

O. S. Shpychak, National University of Pharmacy of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine

DSc (Pharmacy), Professor, Head of the Department of Industrial Pharmacy and Economics, Institute for Advanced Training of Pharmacy Specialists

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Published

2021-07-14

How to Cite

Symonenko, N. A., Podgaina, M. V., Nemchenko, A. S., & Shpychak, O. S. (2021). ANALYSIS OF SEPARATE GROUPS OF CARDIAC DRUGS’ ECONOMICS AFFORDABILITY IN UKRAINE IN 2016–2020. Pharmaceutical Review Farmacevtičnij časopis, (2), 79–86. https://doi.org/10.11603/2312-0967.2021.2.12183

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Pharmacoeconomics