Merck to stop deliveries of Zepatier to Russia

30 August 2023

US pharma giant Merck & Co (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the USA and Canada, will stop deliveries to Russia of Zepatier (elbasvir/grazoprevir), one of the most popular drugs against hepatitis C, reports The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent.

So far, the drug has accounted for almost 20% of all public procurement of drugs for this disease – with more than 1 billion roubles ($10.4 million) being annually spent on it.

Recently the Russian Kommersant business paper has reported, citing a letter of the Russian Ministry of Health, which warned Russian federal medical institutions about suspension of supplies and production of a number of drugs in the country, including Zepatier.

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