{"id":8051,"date":"2022-12-21T14:32:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T12:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.norameda.com\/?p=8051"},"modified":"2022-12-21T14:32:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T12:32:16","slug":"norameda-in-estonia-war-in-ukraine-has-put-us-in-a-different-dimension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.norameda.com\/en\/norameda-in-estonia-war-in-ukraine-has-put-us-in-a-different-dimension\/","title":{"rendered":"Norameda in Estonia. War in Ukraine has put us in a different dimension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reflecting on the year passing, the Head of Norameda&#8217;s branch in Estonia, Edit Pung, welcomes the return to normality after the last two pandemic years. And for Norameda, there is an expected 8% growth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We monitor growth in some areas, especially in asthma and respiratory segment. The OTC market is doing really well. There is a slightly lower but present growth with the prescription and hospital medicaments,&#8221; says E. Pung.<\/p>\n<p>The leader of Norameda in Estonia is particularly pleased with the arrival of the new Italian brand Aboca, producing top-quality natural products.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We never had such products before. And, as interest in natural products is very high, we hope for success,&#8221; says E. Pung.<\/p>\n<p>Still, she pinpoints the war in Ukraine had put everyday life into a different dimension.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On one hand, we could work all year round: no close down of the hospitals or pharmacies. But emotionally, it has been tough. The war in Ukraine has touched everyone personally, and, of course, the economy has suffered,&#8221; says E. Pung.<\/p>\n<p>Every person is under economic pressure as the inflation rate reached its highest in Estonia (20-22%). Therefore, according to E. Pung, though the overall numbers of the pharmaceutical market show growth, it is due mainly to the first quarter&#8217;s results.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the high inflation rate affected introduction of the premium-priced brand Equazen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a challenging segment, and it becomes even more complicated to introduce it in difficult times. Still, I&#8217;m thrilled we opened Norameda&#8217;s online pharmacy this year, and this was a very successful move as we had around 60% of Equazen sales there,&#8221; says E. Pung<\/p>\n<p>The Head of Norameda in Estonia thanks her team for their loyalty and high motivation, as 2022 was challenging and required more effort than usual.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every day of active sales, many seminars, online conferences, etc. And it is more difficult to focus because of the devastating situation in Ukraine. But I&#8217;m blessed with highly motivated people working for us here and have high hope for the next year&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflecting on the year passing, the Head of Norameda&#8217;s branch in Estonia, Edit Pung, welcomes the return to normality after the last two pandemic years. And for Norameda, there is an expected 8% growth. &#8220;We monitor growth in some areas, especially in asthma and respiratory segment. The OTC market is doing really well. There is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":220,"featured_media":8052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.norameda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8051"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.norameda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.norameda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.norameda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/220"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.norameda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.norameda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8057,"href":"https:\/\/www.norameda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8051\/revisions\/8057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.norameda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.norameda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.norameda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.norameda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}