1) More than 415 million standard units of emergency contraceptive pills produced by Gedeon Richter worldwideb between Q3 1997 and Q1 2022.
a404,700,193 standard units of Gedeon Richter produced emergency contraceptive pills sold worldwide between Q3 1997 and Q3 2019
13,051,759 standard units of Gedeon Richter produced emergency contraception pills sold worldwide between Q4 2019 and Q1 2022
bincl AT, BD, BE, BR, BG, CL, CO, CZ, EE, FR, DE, HU, LV, MY, MX, PL, PT, RO, RU, RS, SL, ES, LK, SE, TW, TH, VN, GB and US. Also Central America as defined by IQVIA MIDAS (BD, FR, MY, LK, TW, TH, GB, US not included in Q4 2019 – Q1 2022 standard unit calculation)
Source: Update to previous claim issued in 2019.
Internal calculations by Gedeon Richter based on IQVIA Quarterly MIDAS
Measure: Volume sales
Time period: 1997-2022
Countries included: AT, BD, BE, BR, BG, CL, CO, CZ, EE, FR, DE, HU, LV, MY, MX, PL, PT, RO, RU, RS, SL, ES, LK, SE, TW, TH, VN, GB and US. Also Central America as defined by IQVIA MIDAS (BD, FR, MY, LK, TW, TH, GB, US not included in Q4 2019 – Q1 2022 standard units)
2) Gedeon Richter – No. 1 emergency contraceptive pill manufacturer for the US and European markets
Emergency contraceptive is included under G3A6
Countries included: BULGARIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, ESTONIA, FRANCE, GERMANY, HUNGARY, ITALY, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, NETHERLANDS, POLAND, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SERBIA, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SPAIN, UK, US
Source: Based on internal analysis by Gedeon Richter using data from the following source: IQVIA MIDAS®, Measure: Volume sales, ATC4 G3A6, for the time period MAT Q4.2022 reflecting estimates of real-world activity. Copyright IQVIA. All rights reserved.
3) IQVIA MIDAS®, launch year: 01 Jan 1985
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5) Family Planning Handbook – CHAPTER 3 – Emergency Contraceptive Pills
https://fphandbook.org/chapter-3-emergency-contraceptive-pills
6) Internal sales data YTD Nov 2023
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