Nielsen: the sales of antiobesity products without prescription have increased

The retail sales of non-prescription antiobesity products increased again, and reached 2.2 billion HUF between July 2013 and June 2014. This is 6 percent more than during the previous twelve months – the Nielsen consumer information and knowledge services company states among others.

The market outside pharmacies plays an important role in the retail sales of antiobesity products. The proportion of the non-pharmacy units from the sales of antiobesity products is 50 percent.

The during the first half of this year, the companies spent 4.2 billion HUF on the advertisement of antiobesity products, 212 percent more than in the previous January to June period.