New state fund for buying most expensive and rare drugs to be established in Russia

A special state fund, the reserves of which will be used for the purchase of the most expensive and rare drugs, will soon be established in Russia, according to a recent initiative put forward by the members of the Russian Council of Federation, the upper house of the Russian Parliament, reports The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent.

In accordance with the proposal, the allocated funds will be used for the purchase of drugs which are not sold in Russia (due to lack of a license), as well as for those which do not have domestic analogues.

The new initiative will also mean that drugs will be mostly purchased for those patients who have will a prescription for them from a medical consultation. At present such drugs are bought by Russians independently or with the help of charitable funds.