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Современная фармакоэкономика и фармакоэпидемиология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2070-4909</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2070-4933</issn><publisher><publisher-name>IRBIS LLC</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17749/2070-4909/farmakoekonomika.2025.300</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">farmaec-1257</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ORIGINAL ARTICLES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ОРИГИНАЛЬНЫЕ ПУБЛИКАЦИИ</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Analysis of the dynamics and characteristics of the pharmaceutical market of homeopathic medicines in Azerbaijan</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Анализ динамики и особенностей фармацевтического рынка гомеопатических лекарственных средств в Азербайджане</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-2005</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Магеррамова</surname><given-names>С. Г.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Maharramova</surname><given-names>S. H.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Магеррамова Севиндж Гусейнбала кызы, к.фарм.н., доцент  </p><p>ул. Самеда Вургуна, д. 163, Баку AZ1078 </p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Sevinj H. Maharramova, PhD, Assoc. Prof. </p><p>163 Samed Vurgun Str., Baku AZ1078 </p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">smaharramova@amu.edu.az</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru">Азербайджанский медицинский университет<country>Азербайджан</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en">Azerbaijan Medical University<country>Azerbaijan</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>22</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>18</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>403</fpage><lpage>412</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Maharramova S.H., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Магеррамова С.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Maharramova S.H.</copyright-holder><license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.pharmacoeconomics.ru/jour/article/view/1257">https://www.pharmacoeconomics.ru/jour/article/view/1257</self-uri><abstract><sec><title>Objective</title><p>Objective: To study the dynamics and characteristics of the market of homeopathic medicines (HMs) in Azerbaijan for the period 2019–2024.Material and methods. Official information of the Ministry of Health, the Tariff Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Biological Medicine Clinic on the volume of HM receipts for the period specified was studied. The following key aspects were analyzed: HM product range indicators (breadth, variety, and depth); countries-producers and suppliers; the level of wholesale and retail prices for HMs. Forecasted indicators for the breadth, variety, and expected volume of homeopathic medicines for the year 2025 were calculated.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Results. Data for the 2019–2024 period demonstrated relative stability in the breadth, variety, and depth of the range of HMs in the pharmaceutical market of Azerbaijan. The forecasted breadth and variety of the HM range in 2025 was estimated at around 96 items and 408 positions, respectively. The range depth remained constant throughout the study period (p=0,928). The forecasted sales volume of HMs in 2025 reached 4.92×106 USD. The highest number of registered HMs was recorded in 2016 (effective date of registration of these drugs). Since then, the number of registrations was decreasing year by year, reaching single cases in 2023–2024. During 2019–2024, the dynamics of the most in-demand pharmaceutical form – soluble tablets – followed a non-linear trend (p=0.076). The dynamics of the market share of products supplied by the leading manufacturer Biologische Heilmittel Heel GmbH (Germany) during the study period demonstrated a nonlinear trend (p=0.994). Similarly, the trend in the market share of products supplied by Materia Medica Holding (Russian Federation) was also nonlinear; however, statistically significant differences were observed from 2019 to 2024 (p&lt;0.001). Throughout the period under study, the HM market was dominated by products into the wholesale price range of 1.17 to 5.88 USD, and the share of these products remained largely unchanged (p=0.766). No statistically significant differences were observed in the distribution of retail price segments for HMs over the study period (p=0.882).</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Conclusion. HMs have maintained their niche in the Azerbaijani market year after year, and their availability ensured through imports and an established distribution system.</p></sec></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><sec><title>Цель</title><p>Цель: изучение динамики и особенностей рынка гомеопатических лекарственных средств (ГомЛС) за период 2019–2024 гг. в Азербайджане.</p></sec><sec><title>Материал и методы</title><p>Материал и методы. Объектом исследования служила официальная информация Министерства здравоохранения, Тарифного Совета Азербайджанской Республики и Клиники биологической медицины по объему поступлений ГомЛС за рассматриваемый период. Анализировались следующие ключевые аспекты: показатели ассортимента (широта, полнота и глубина) ГомЛС, страны-производители и поставщики, порядок оптовых и розничных цен на ГомЛС. На 2025 г. рассчитаны прогнозные показатели широты, полноты и объем ожидаемого поступления ГомЛС.</p></sec><sec><title>Результаты</title><p>Результаты. Данные за период 2019–2024 гг. демонстрируют относительную стабильность широты, полноты и глубины ГомЛС на фармацевтическом рынке Азербайджана. Предполагаемая широта ассортимента ГомЛС в 2025 г. составила примерно 96 наименований, полнота – около 408 позиций, глубина ассортимента ГомЛС оставалась постоянной (р=0,928), прогнозируемый объем продаж ГомЛС – 4,92×106 USD. Наибольшее количество ГомЛС было зарегистрировано в 2016 г. (дата вступления в силу регистрации на данные препараты), далее этот показатель из года в год уменьшался, и в 2023–2024 гг. отмечены единичные случаи регистрации. За период 2019–2024 гг. динамика поставок самой востребованной фармацевтической формы (растворимые таблетки) описывается нелинейным трендом (р=0,076). Динамика удельного веса препаратов, поставляемых ведущей компанией Biologische Heilmittel Heel GmbH (Германия), за исследуемый период описывается нелинейным трендом (р=0,994). Динамика удельного веса препаратов, поставляемых Materia Medica Holding (Россия), также нелинейна, но за 2019–2024 гг. получены значимые статистические различия (р&lt;0,001). В общем ассортименте ГомЛС за исследуемый период преобладали препараты по оптовой цене от 1,17 до 5,88 USD, и их доля существенно не менялась (р=0,766). Между долями препаратов по определенной розничной цене статистически достоверных различий за рассматриваемый период не отмечалось (р=0,882).</p></sec><sec><title>Заключение</title><p>Заключение. ГомЛС на рынке Азербайджана сохраняют свою нишу из года в год, а их доступность обеспечивается импортом и сформированной системой продаж.</p></sec></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>интегративная медицина</kwd><kwd>гомеопатические лекарственные средства</kwd><kwd>фармацевтический рынок</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>integrative medicine</kwd><kwd>homeopathic medicines</kwd><kwd>pharmaceutical market</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Hoenders R., Ghelman R., Portella C., et al. A review of the WHO strategy on traditional, complementary, and integrative medicine from the perspective of academic consortia for integrative medicine and health. Front. Med. 2024; 11: 1395698. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1395698.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Hoenders R., Ghelman R., Portella C., et al. 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