The result was driven especially by the items in the category "no drugs", which includes toiletries, cosmetics, perfumes, shampoo, intimate absorbers, sweeteners, hair dye, condoms and sunscreens, among others. The category was responsible for moving $ 2.86 billion between January and March, up 13.44% over the same quarter of 2014.
"Non medicinal products already represent 34.82% of total marketed," says, in a statement, the Chief Executive Officer of Abrafarma, Sérgio Mena Barreto.
In the period studied, the medicines accumulated R $ 5.37 billion in sales, totaling an advancement of 8.97% as compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Generics had a breakthrough of 7.78 percent on the same basis of comparison, with a participation of 7.32% of total marketing of drugs.
The survey was conducted by the Fundação Instituto de Administração da Universidade de São Paulo (FIA-USP), which also indicated more than 515 million units sold between January and March.
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