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According to a study published in The Lancet, by 2050, bacteria resistant to existing antibiotics could cause over 39 million deaths and indirectly contribute to an additional 169 million deaths. The forecast predicts that without effective measures to combat this issue, annual mortality directly caused by antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could reach 1.91 million people, with…

The Ministry of Finance of Russia has revised a draft decree that establishes the procedure for providing advantages to Russian pharmaceutical manufacturers over foreign ones in state procurement. According to the new document, updated procurement rules for medicines from the list of vital and essential medicines (VEM) and strategically significant medicines (SSM) will take effect…

According to the results of the first half of 2024, the number of approved clinical trials necessary for the registration of new drugs in Russia has decreased by more than a quarter year-on-year. The number of trials conducted by local companies for generics, which have contributed to the pharmaceutical market’s growth for two consecutive years,…

The “Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare” practice of the law firm VERBA LEGAL, at the request of Vademecum, has prepared an overview of the regulatory legal acts (NPA) that came into force in August 2024, related to the circulation of drugs and medical devices. Additionally, the lawyers discussed some documents that took effect on September 1, 2024,…

Ministry of Health of Russia plans to amend the procedure for making changes to registration certificates for defective drugs, as outlined in Government Resolution No. 440 dated March 23, 2022. The agency considers it necessary to extend the legal act’s application to the registration process of drugs whose active substances are not produced domestically. In…

RNC Pharma analysts presented information on inflation rates in the Russian retail veterinary drug market as of June 2024. As of June of this year, the inflation rate in this market was 27.8%. From January to June, the price of imported veterinary drugs increased by 48.8%, and for domestic animal drugs – by 9%. Prices…

Online retailer Wildberries will allow the sale of over-the-counter drugs on the platform throughout the country. Previously, this opportunity was only available to residents of Moscow and the Moscow region – these regions were pilot and tested the initiative since 2021. This only applies to those medications that can be purchased without a doctor’s prescription.…

The Russian Ministry of Health has prepared a draft order that is intended to update the rules for dispensing medicines by pharmacies, individual entrepreneurs and medical organizations that have the appropriate license, as well as their separate divisions in populated areas where there are no pharmacies. If adopted, the innovations will come into force on…

The suspects in the case of the Prophylactic medical center created an entire distribution network in the form of their own pharmacies A businessman accused of illegal trafficking of potent substances bought up Moscow pharmacies in order to establish illegal trade in psychotropic drugs such as Lyrica and Xanax through them. And he sold prescriptions…

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation did not see a significant problem in the fact that the American pharmaceutical company Baxter, a supplier of dialysis solutions, suspended its commercial activities in Russia due to sanctions and logistical issues in the United States and Europe. The department pays special attention to the…