OREANDA-NEWS. November 23, 2007. For the 9 months of 2007, cosmetics sales at Russia's drugstores have been growing faster than drug sales with an increase at 27%, the Pharnexpert press service reported. The segment growth has been fueled by a continuously high customer demand for drugstore cosmetics with a curative effect. For the period under study, the share of local manufacturers in the segment shrank from 21.2 to 17.3%. On November 22, Pharmexpert also released an updated version of the above database as of 3rd quarter 2007.