Fifth Partnership “Medicines of Russia”: VEGAS LEX about key trends in public procurement in the pha

On September 28, 2017, Anastasia Cheredova
of VEGAS LEX Commercial group spoke at the Fifth Partnership "Medicines of
Russia – to Interdisciplinary Dialogue" in Kazan, organized by the FAS
Russia, the Ministry of Healthcare of Tatarstan, and the Association of Russian
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers.<

On September 28, 2017, VEGAS LEX Commercial group associate
Anastasia Cheredova spoke at a key
session on legislative innovations in drug provision, public procurement and compliance
practices in the regions at the Fifth Partnership "Medicines of Russia –
to Interdisciplinary Dialogue" in Kazan.

Ms. Cheredova talked about this year’s main trends in
public procurement in the pharmaceutical industry, including the new judicial
practice of delineating authority in determining the interchangeability of
medicines. She specifically focused on the development of prior approaches to
the interchangeability of medicines depending on the patient's needs, and on
the requirements to procurement object description depending on the conditions
of the drug’s use.

The forum participants – representatives of government
agencies, pharmaceutical market leaders and state customers – also discussed
the building of an information and analytical system for monitoring and control
of drug procurement for state and municipal needs. They talked about reforming
the pricing system; adopting the indicative pricing method for the VED list; re-registration
of prices in 2017-2018; preliminary results of the pilot pharmaceutical
labelling project and the possibility of extending the project to all drugs;
the regulatory framework for the circulation of medical products for EAEU member
states; the single drug market development trends and other issues.

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* The Medicines of Russia Partnership is
one of the most significant annual events aimed at resolving the problems of
the Russian pharmaceutical industry. More than 300 industry specialists take
part in the event. The speakers include representatives of the FAS Russia, the
Ministry of Healthcare, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Roszdravnadzor, suppliers
of medicines and medical products, heads of the FAS regional departments,
health authorities, state procurement committees, analytical and legal
companies. The event is broadly covered by regional and federal media. Source: ARPM website.