Ventas de medicamentos se ralentizaron con alza 17,5% en unidades al cierre de 2025
Al cierre del año 2025, la industria farmacéutica registró un total de 389,1 millones de unidades de medicamentos distribuidas, lo que representa un incremento del 17,49% en el volumen de operaciones en comparación con el periodo anterior. Aunque esta industria mantuvo su tendencia de crecimiento interanual en el último quinquenio, en 2025 se reportó una importante […]
TL;DR
- Total drug distribution in 2025 reached 389.1 million units, a 17.49% increase from the previous year.
- The growth rate in 2025 decelerated compared to the 40.27% expansion seen in 2024.
- December 2025 saw 33.7 million units distributed, a 24.99% increase compared to December 2024.
- Venezuela's per capita drug consumption remains at 11.5 units annually.
- The average price per drug unit in Venezuela is $4.21, which is 85.04% lower than the Latin American average.
- The national industry supplied 74.24% of the required volume for the pharmaceutical sector in 2025.
- Generics accounted for 188.2 million units commercialized in 2025, representing 48.3% of the total market.
- Local manufacturing contributed 29.4 million units to the generics market in 2025.
- Reduced content presentations constituted 47% of the generics market in 2025, with a 41.75% increase.
- The pharmaceutical sector reported production expansion and a strengthened supply chain.