Posts by Aliya Zhumekenova

Pharmaceuticals pricing in Türkiye

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1. Institutional Structure of the Pharmaceutical Sector in Türkiye The pharmaceutical sector in Türkiye is regulated through various governmental institutions. The Ministry of Health and its affiliated bodies play a main role in overseeing organizations within the pharmaceutical sector and formulating policies…

Pricing of medicines and medical products in Uzbekistan

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Pricing medicines and medical products is one of the key issues in today’s medical industry. The issues of access to medicines for patients, including the fairness in the prices of medical goods are at the forefront of the public debate. This article…

Specific features of pharmaceutical pricing in the Russian Federation

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The issue of regulation of prices for medicines is one of the most relevant in the context of social policy of the state. Setting prices for medicines requires balancing the interests of the population and pharmaceutical companies aimed at increasing the cost…

Reference Pricing for Pharmaceuticals in Georgia

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Under the Law of Georgia on Medicines and Pharmaceutical Activities (the Law) the Government of Georgia (GoG) defined the methodology, rules and conditions for the state regulation of prices for relevant pharmaceutical products approved by its Ordinance #593 from 27 December 2020.…

Pricing regulation in healthcare in Belarus: drugs

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To date, the basis for regulation of prices for drugs in Belarus is represented by an extensive list of regulatory legal acts and explanations of state bodies. The main legal acts in this sphere are: 1. Edict of the President of the…

Personal Data Protection. State Oversight and Legislative Updates

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On 11 February 2024, Kazakhstan put into effect the Law ‘On the Introduction of Amendments and Supplements to Certain Legislative Acts On Information Security, Informatization, and Digital Assets’ (hereinafter – the ‘Law’), dated 11 December 2023, No. 44-VIII ZRK. This Law introduces notable…

Advertising and promotion of medicines and biologically active food supplements in Kazakhstan

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Advertising and promotion of medicines and biologically active food supplements (hereinafter referred to as – Advertising of Medicines and BAFS) on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan are regulated by the following regulatory legal acts: Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan…

Requirements for advertising medicinal products and food supplements in Armenia

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According to the legislation of the Republic of Armenia, advertising is the spread of information, through various media, on legal and physical persons, goods, ideas, or initiatives intended to form or maintain interest in those physical and legal persons, goods, or undertakings.…

Advertising and Promotion of Pharmaceutical Products and Biologically Active Additives in Georgia

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General rules of advertisement and specific regulations with respect to advertising of pharmaceutical products and and biologically active additives are provided under the Law of Georgia on Advertising and the Law of Georgia on Drugs and Pharmaceutical Activity.  General definition of an…

Advertising of medicines and biologically active additives in Mongolia

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I. RULES OF ADVERTISING Key regulations, definitions Advertising of medicines and biologically active additives are regulated by (i) the Law of Mongolia on Medicines and Medical Devices and (ii) the Law of Mongolia on Advertisement, as well as (iii) the Procedure for…