The availability of medicines is associated with the number and uniformity of distribution of pharmacies throughout the territory of the Russian Federation. In this regard, this paper presents the results of assessing the level of market concentration of entities in the pharmacy segment of the Russian pharmaceutical market. The data obtained show that with an increase in the number of pharmacy chains and their share in the retail segment, the level of market concentration also increases and leads to an increase in the market power of the leaders of the pharmacy segment of the Russian pharmaceutical market. At the same time, the dynamics of the number of pharmacies in the Russian pharmaceutical market (simultaneously with the increase in market concentration indices) also demonstrates an upward trend, which indicates the rapid development of the pharmacy segment. The level of market concentration of the TOP-5 pharmacy chains based on the results of 2024 is established, and the dynamics of changes in the number of pharmacies in the Russian pharmaceutical market in the period 2017 – 2024 are determined.
Alexander V. Evstratov – Associate Professor of the Department of Economics and Entrepreneurship, Volgograd State Technical University of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Volgograd, Russia. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tatyana A. Oleynikova – Associate Professor of the Department of Organization and Management of Pharmacy, Kursk State Medical University, Kursk, Russia. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Alexander A. Vashchenko – 3rd year postgraduate student of the Department of Economics and Entrepreneurship of the Volgograd State Technical University of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Volgograd, Russia. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Aisluv K. Rozmetova – 2nd year postgraduate student of the Department of Economics and Entrepreneurship of the Volgograd State Technical University of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Volgograd, Russia. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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