The latest data on drug retail terminals in the first half of 2017 were announced at the 2017 national pharmacy week and the 12th China pharmaceutical industry annual conference, which was held on July 4 and 7.
According to the latest statistics from minnet, the market share of drug retail sales in the first half of 2017 is equal to that of 2016, accounting for 22.5 percent of the big three terminals. Sales of terminal drugs in retail pharmacies kept growing, but the growth rate slowed, with sales in the first half of 2017 reaching 181.3 billion yuan, up 8.0% year on year.
Retail pharmacy terminals contain both physical and online pharmacies. In the first half of 2017, the sales volume of the physical pharmacy market was 177.8 billion yuan, with a simultaneous growth of 7.5%. Drug sales in the online pharmacy market were 3.5 billion yuan, with a small base, up 45.8 percent year on year.
