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(From Russian Economic News)
Starting December 1, all medications imported into Russia shall be certified on the basis of thorough laboratory tests, Deputy Health Minister Anton Katlinsky announced.
According to the high-ranking health official, pharmaceutical inspection departments will now be set up in each of Russia's federal districts to control the quality of medicines produced and offered for sale. This is a forced measure, aimed at stopping the inflow of fake drugs, he explained.
Of the total amount of medications to have come onto the Russian market this year, fakes make up as much as 12 percent, Katlinsky said. Some 300 ...