Summery_08_2018

According to the Digest`s Editorial office opinion, the main events of the August 2018 in Russian pharmaceutical industry are:

- The Prosecutor General's Office of Russia: now we identify substandard medicines more often;
- Expert: there may be problems with medicines in the Russian market due to the US sanctions;
- Pharmacists continue to protest against the plan to introduce total cryptographic protection of drug labelling;
- The largest Russian manufacturer of pharmaceutical equipment has changed the owner;
- Average prices for pharmaceutical substances have increased by 40% in the first half of the year;

These, as well as all other industry month news, are in the August 2018 issue of the Digest.

Best regards,

Andrei Egorov, Editor-in-Chief

01.09.2018.