According to the Digest`s Editorial office opinion, the main events of the December 2018 in Russian pharmaceutical industry are:
- the Russian pharmaceutical Associations outlined the risks to the medicines supply because of the drastic change of the labeling concept;
- The Russian government will revise the prices of vital medicines;
- The Ministry of health has filed another nine lawsuits against the largest Russian distributor «R-Pharm»;
- acquisitions of Russian medicines manufacturers;
- Russian Parliament: for the sale of counterfeit drugs via the Internet one will face up to 8 years in prison.
These, as well as all other industry month news, are in the December 2018 issue of the Digest.
Best regards,
Andrei Egorov, Editor-in-Chief
01.01.2019.