Best-selling over the counter medicine Germany 2023, by type and units sold

Published by Statista Research Department, Nov 6, 2024

In 2023, cold and flu medicine sold 145 million packaging units, topping the list. Painkillers were next in demand, selling 119 million units.

Best-selling over the counter medicine in Germany in 2023, by type (in million packaging units)

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August 2024

Region

Germany

Survey time period

2023

Supplementary notes

¹ OTC (over the counter) and OTX market in pharmacies including mail order.

OTC medicines are usually understood to mean non-prescription medicines that are sold exclusively in pharmacies. In the source, the term is also used for over-the-counter medicines.

OTX medicines are non-prescription medicines that have been prescribed by a doctor on a private prescription, a green prescription or a statutory health insurance prescription.

The Federal Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (BAH) was renamed Pharma-Deutschland e.V. in 2024.

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