State control over the pharmaceutical market. pharmaceutical companies’ stimulation issues and price regulation will be discussed.

The main theme of the conference is the entry into force on April 12, 2010, of law N61-F3 on the circulation of medicines.

PROGRAM:

9:00 – 9:30 Registration

9:30 – 11:00 Session 1. The pharmaceutical market today.

• How pharmaceutical companies in Russia operate: problems and prospects
• Basic principles enshrined in the federal law on the circulation of medicines
• Pharmaceutical business in Russia. Analysis, dynamics and forecasts
• Regulating the pharmaceutical market: moving from licensing to the notification procedure
• Pricing control of medicines, including those on the List of Essential Medicines

11:00 – 11:20 Coffee break

11:20 – 12:50 Session 2. State control and regulation of production and pricing of medicines.

• State control over pharmaceutical production conditions and quality. State pricing regulation.
• The draft federal law on amendments to part two of the tax code (defining state fees for the authorized federal authority in carrying out state registration of medicines)
• Changing to international GMP quality standards: opportunities and potential for Russian companies.
• State programs to stimulate the national pharmaceutical industry: implementing import substitution programs in practice.

12:50 – 13:30 Coffee break

13:30 – 14:50 Session 3. Legal aspects surrounding how pharmaceutical companies operate.

• Regulating medicine turnover. Settlement of cases about administration violations in the field of medicine turnover.
• Customs issues and pharmaceutical companies: problems with importing medicines into Russia
• How to combat illegal production and sales
• Medicine insurance: problems and solutions

14:50 Cocktail

Speakers invited:

Russian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
Federal Service for Supervision of Health and Social Development
Ministry of Health and Social Development
State Duma Committee on Health
Committee on Social Policy and Public Health, the Federation Council
Office for the Protection of Competition in the social sector and trade FAS
Ministry of Economic Development
Leading experts of companies Pepelyaev Group, Salans, and pharmaceutical producing companies

Address: Moscow, Marriott Aurora (11/20, Petrovka Street).

Payment: 12,000 rubles + VAT

Regarding conference agenda please contact Olga Moiseeva or Alexey Otradnov.

Regarding sponsorship opportunitites please contact Olga Makarova or Mikhail Levikov.

Regarding information support and registration please contact Elena Artemieva.

Phone +7 495 234-3223