Russia expands list of vital drugs, including latest drugs from global majors

26 December 2018

The Russian government has expanded the list of vital and essential drugs from 699 to 735 items for 2019, according to recent statements by the press-service of Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, reports The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent.

The expanded list includes some drugs against orphan diseases, as well a number of antitumor drugs.

One of such drugs is lapatinib, produced by Swiss pharma giant Novartis (NOVN: DE). It is designed for the treatment of breast cancer and will be marketed under the Tyverb brand name in Russia, as it is in Europe while it is Tykerb in the USA.

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