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Retail sales of medications used to treat alcohol dependence in Russia rose sharply in the first half of 2025, as the country contends with an uptick in drinking and growing concerns over patient privacy.
Russians purchased 553,200 packages of anti-alcohol drugs from January through June, a 13.5% increase compared to the same period last year, according to data from the analytics firm RNC Pharma published Friday by the Vedomosti business daily.
Revenue from those sales jumped nearly 38% year-over-year, reaching 539.6 million rubles ($5.8 million).
The surge follows an earlier annual total of 1 million packages sold in 2024, with sales amounting to 878.1 million rubles ($11.1 million).
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