More than 500 new names of medicines have entered the Russian market

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More than 500 new names of medicines have entered the Russian market
February 5th. /MEDIA TALK/. During 2024, 540 new medicines with a volume of 52.1 million packages were introduced to the Russian pharmaceutical market.

Izvestia writes about this with reference to the data of the Honest Sign labeling system. Medicines are presented in different categories. Most of the new drugs are sex hormones (20%). Vitamins (17%), cough medicines and drugs to combat colds (10%), muscle relaxants (10%) and medicines for the treatment of conditions caused by an imbalance of acidity (8%) also represent a significant proportion.


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In 2024, 61 new international nonproprietary names (INN) were put into circulation, the total volume reached 3.6 million packages. Of these, 36 were imported from abroad, and 24 were manufactured directly on Russian territory.

At the end of December, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to extend a number of exemptions for the registration of certain medicines and high-demand medical products until the end of 2027, we wrote about this in more detail.
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