Yana Dianova, Director of Corporate and Commercial Department of GRATA Law Firm (Moscow office) took part in the meeting of the Expert Council for Competition Promotion in Social Sphere and Healthсare under the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) on 29 July.
At this meeting of the Expert Council that was held with participation of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation and FAS officials, representatives of leading pharmaceutical Russian and non-Russian companies and associations of the industry the principal novelties proposed in the draft Federal Law "On Amending the Federal Law "On Circulation of Medicines"" currently considered by the State Duma and problems in connection with them were discussed, in particular:
- the notion of "innovative medicinal product" and its interaction with the notion of "reference product";
- interchangeability of medicinal products;
- state registration of generic medicines.