Russian government to start limitation of drug imports

The Russian government will start to limit the participation of foreign drugs in the public procurement and state tenders since the second half of the current year, according to recent statements of Arkady Dvorkovich, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister.

Mr Dvorkovich said that imported drugs will not be the subject of public procurement in the case of the presence of two or more domestic analogues during the tender process, while the norm will apply only to those drugs from the list of vital medicines.

At the same time the norm will not apply to pharmacies that will continue drug purchases without any limitations.