ABSTRACT:
This article presents the analysis results of Ukrainian pharmaceutical market segment of stomach ulcer treatment drugs. It was determined that, judging by the quantitative indexes, Ukrainian market of anti-ulcer medication is an actively developing structure that maintains the stability of its development qualitative characteristics nonetheless. For example, during two years (01 June 2016 – 01 June 2018) the quantities of medicinal products and companies that represent these products in Ukraine have both grown: from 396 to 448 names (13.13%) and from 90 companies (25 of them Ukrainian) to 98 (28, correspondingly). On the background of quantity growth of Ukrainian-made drugs from 84 (2016) to 92 (2018), the specified market segment has shown significant dependency on import. For example, the proportion (%) of foreign production drugs has grown from 78.79% (2016) to 79.46% (2018). KRKA is an uncontested leader by the quantity of marketed medicinal products (2016 – 28 products, 2018 – 32 products). The products of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited are presented in the second place (22 and 23 products, corresponding to the years under study). The products of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories take the third place (20 and 21 products, corresponding to the years under study). The said pharmaceutical market segment has kept its monopolistic pattern of distribution as judged by the manufacturing companies whose products are presented in Ukraine, and by international non-proprietary names of products and their pharmacotherapeutic groups. For example, just 8 foreign manufacturing companies were responsible for 40.17% (2016) and 31.92% (2018) of imported assortment of anti-ulcer drugs, and 7 domestic companies were responsible for 64.29% (2016) and 61.54% (2018) of domestic assortment of these drugs. In 2016 75.76% and in 2018 – 71.65% of the whole assortment of anti-ulcer drugs were presented by the drugs from the following groups: A02B-Drugs for peptic ulcer and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (Gord), A02BC Proton pump inhibitors (55.30% and 50.22%, corresponding to the years under study). Five drugs (A02BC02-Pantoprazole, A02BC01-Omeprazole, A02BC05-Esomeprazole, A02BC03-Lansoprazole, A02BD Combinations for eradication of Helicobacter pylori) presented more than a half of marketed assortment of anti-ulcer products (2016 – 56.57%, and 2018 – 55.14%). Tableted dosage forms (2016 – 58.33%, and 2018 – 55.80%) and drugs of synthetic origin (2016 – 76.26%, and 2018 – 78.13%) have kept their leading positions on the market. Authors have discovered that during 2015-2018 the average retail prices of anti-ulcer drugs have shown the trend of systematic growth. The highest growth of average retail prices was observed for A02BX13-Alginic acid ( avg.=1.37), and the lowest ? for A02BC06-Dexlansoprazole ( avg.=1.04). The given above characteristics of the market segment that was studied allow us to state the need to develop and establish the national program of import substitution for the assortment of anti-ulcer drugs in Ukraine.