Russian regulator suspects cartel in domestic pharmaceutical market

9 April 2018

The Russian Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) suspects R-Pharm, one of the country’s suppliers of drugs for state needs, is in illegal collusion with the country’s Ministry of Health, which may allow the company to receive large-scale contracts with the state, reports The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent.

According to the FAS, the Ministry of Health may be involved in the provision advantages to R-Pharm during state tenders for the purchase of drugs for state needs. Among these drugs are preparations against HIV, hepatitis B and C viruses, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, and other antiviral and antibacterial drugs.

In addition, according to data from the FAS, R-Pharm violated contracts on the sum of 8 billion roubles (~$138 million), but was not disqualified from bidding.

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