Analysts report growth in sales of weight loss products

Russians began to buy means for weight loss more often. Usually demand for them increases due to the start of the holiday season, but this year it was also provided by the effect of last year's low base due to covid restrictions,

The exit from the regime of restrictions imposed in connection with the CORONAVIRUS pandemic and the start of the holiday season led to an increase in demand for weight loss drugs, Kommersant reported citing experts and market participants.

According to the results of the first half of the year, sales of weight loss products in RUSSIA grew by 17% year-on-year, to 2.8 billion rubles, according to the DSM Group agency. In physical terms, demand increased by 4% to 895.3 thousand packs. Nikolai Bespalov, Development DIRECTOR of the analytical company RNC Pharma, recorded an increase in sales in the category by 7% in money terms and by 18% in packages.

According to the commercial director of CV Protek Boris Popov, in the Zdravcity service (project of CV Protek, the Proteka group includes the Rigla,
Be healthy! and Zhivika networks) sales of medicines and dietary supplements to reduce weight in monetary terms increased by 112%.

Growth in sales of drugs for weight loss in the first half of the year was also noted in "36.6". The network noted that their peak was in March-April.

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