Russian Government decided to conduct from August 17, 2020, to June 30, 2021, an experiment on pre-trial appeal against decisions of control (supervisory) bodies, as well as actions (inaction) of their officials through the voluntary filing of complaints through the Single portal of public servants.

Federal Law N 206-FZ of July 13, 2020 “On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation on the provision of citizens with medicines, medical devices, and specialized health food products” introduced several important changes to the Federal Law N 178-FZ of July 17, 1999 "On state social assistance" (hereinafter referred to as the Law on state social assistance), the Federal Law of 12 April 2010 N 61-FZ "On the circulation of medicines" (hereinafter referred to as the Law on the circulation of medicines), as well as the Federal Law of 21 November 2011 N 323-FZ "On the fundamentals of health protection of citizens in the Russian Federation" (hereinafter – the Law on the fundamentals of health protection of citizens). Federal Law N 206-FZ of July 13, 2020, comes into force on January 1, 2021, except some of its provisions.

The Federal Law N 72-FZ dated April 1, 2020 “On Amending Articles 15.25 and 23.1 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses” (hereinafter – the Federal Law N 72-FZ) and Federal Law dated April 01, 2020 N 73- FZ “On Amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and Article 28.1 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation” (hereinafter – the Federal Law N 73-FZ) entered into force on April 12, 2020.

We bring to your attention the Digest of the most significant changes in the field of regulation of the pharmaceutical industry for 2019.

We bring to your attention the Digest of the most significant changes and clarifications of the legislation on the circulation of medical devices for 2019.

We are glad to propose to your attention the Digest of legal regulation of the Russian pharmaceutical industry for December 2019, prepared by BRACE Law Firm. A significant number of important legal acts were adopted in the field of drug circulation. The most important include the following:

We are glad to propose to your attention the Digest of legal regulation of the Russian pharmaceutical industry for November 2019, prepared by BRACE Law Firm. November of 2019 was marked by significant legislative activity, as well as the adoption of legal acts that have a significant impact on the functioning of the turnover of medicines.

We are glad to propose to your attention the Digest of legal regulation of the Russian pharmaceutical industry for October 2019, prepared by the BRACE Law Firm. October 2019 was marked by the adoption of significant number of legal acts affecting the functioning of the pharmaceutical market, high normative activity, as well as remarkable judicial practice:

Roman Shabrov, partner at BRACE Law Firm, will take part in a joint meeting of the RF CCI Committee on the Development of the Procurement System, the RF CCI Committee on Entrepreneurship in the Health Care and Medical Industry and the Interdepartmental Coordinating Council of the military-industrial complex collegium on the development of medical products in defense industry organizations on the topic : “Measures to support the medical industry in the production and promotion of domestic medical products on the national and foreign markets”, which take place on November 11, 2019 at 14:00 in the Congress Center of RF CCI.

We are glad to propose to your attention the Digest of legal regulation of the Russian pharmaceutical industry for September 2019, prepared by BRACE Law Firm.