A pilot project for marking and implementing a unified system for monitoring the movement of drugs was initiated by the Russian Government on behalf of the president.
January 24, 2017, Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation D.A. Medvedev signed the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 01.24.2017 No. 62 “On conducting an experiment on marking with control (identification) marks and monitoring the circulation of certain types of drugs for medical use”.
According to the decree, the goals of the introduction of drug labeling with control (identification) marks are:
a) countering the illegal production of drugs in the territory of the Russian Federation;
b) counteracting the smuggling of drugs into the territory of the Russian Federation;
c) counteraction to illicit drug trafficking in the territory of the Russian Federation;
d) counteraction to unfair competition in the sphere of drug trafficking;
e) standardization and unification of accounting procedures for the supply and distribution of medicines, including those purchased for state needs.
All the necessary information about the project on the labeling and implementation of a unified system for monitoring the movement of drugs is available at: http://ufagkb21.ru/ob-uchrezhdenii/marking/
