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Cold remedies are a pharmacist's favorite

Cold remedies are extremely popular with pharmacists. This is the result of the new Bonsai pharmacy study. "There is a clear correlation between the popularity of the OTC/free-choice categories and the margin that can be achieved with them," says Bettina Mertens-Danowski, Head of Bonsai Health. Popular is what brings in the margin: half of all pharmacists surveyed also see the favorite category of colds as one of the biggest revenue generators, according to the Bonsai OTC Category Spotlight.

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Bonsai ApoVote: German citizens save on their health

New studies: Bonsai ApoVote and Bonsai OTC sales study: 91 percent of pharmacists say that their customers' purchasing behavior has changed in the face of inflation. A third of pharmacies have recorded a decline in the number of customers. In addition, fewer products per purchase are being sold over the counter. And: more than half of the advertising material that pharmaceutical manufacturers give to pharmacies ends up in the bin unused. 

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