Review of activities of Estonian pharmacies in the first quarter of 2009  

03 June 09

The State Agency of Medicines compiles data on the activities of pharmacies based on the quarterly reports of all the pharmacies in Estonia. Based on the type of their operation, pharmacies may be divided into three categories: general pharmacies, hospital pharmacies and veterinary pharmacies.

At the beginning of 2009 there were 309 general pharmacies (plus 181 structural units), 25 hospital pharmacies (plus 3 structural units) and 6 veterinary pharmacies (plus 1 structural unit). The total turnover of pharmacies is made up of the sale of medicinal products and other goods (medical devices, food supplements, herbal products, cosmetics and others). The gross turnover of pharmacies and their structural units was 1145 million kroons (73 million EUR) in the first quarter of 2009. Of that, the turnover of general pharmacies constituted approximately 78,9% with 903 million kroons (58 million EUR), the turnover of hospital pharmacies was 20,8% with 238 million kroons (15 million EUR), and the veterinary pharmacies had the smallest share in the total turnover – 4 million kroons (250 000 EUR) which is less than 1% of the total turnover. Compared to the results of the first quarter of 2008 the turnover of the general pharmacies increased by 0,5% and hospital pharmacies increased by 7,2%, while the turnover of veterinary pharmacies decreased by 11,7%.

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