Over the past year, dozens of types of drugs have disappeared from pharmacies in Russia.
Over the past year, dozens of types of medicines have disappeared from pharmacies. Some in short supply include drugs to treat diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, blood pressure medication, antidepressants, antitumor drugs, antihistamines, antibiotics, antipyretics, and others, according to local media.
A commission created by Russia's Ministry of Health also published a list in January of 97 drugs that are potentially in short supply. Meanwhile, doctors are voicing concerns over drug shortages and soaring prices in interviews with Russian news outlets.against Russia over Putin's invasion of Ukraine do not apply to medicine and medical equipment, but they have had an impact on logistics and procurement in the Russian market.
Vladimir Putin receives a consultation from traumatologist Viktor Petrachenkov at Smolensk Regional Hospital, on August 25, 2011. Russia is suffering a medicine shortage driven by Western sanctions.Last week, the Russian RBC news outlet reported that there is a shortage of the antidepressant Prozac in Russian pharmacies. The drug is produced by the United States pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, which exited the Russian market in April 2023.
Another drug, Micardis, which is used to treat high blood pressure, heart failure, and diabetic kidney disease is also in short supply in pharmacies in Russia, the Russian-language business daily newspaperreported on Tuesday. German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim announced in July 2022 that it would stop supplying the drug to Russia from January. There are reportedly some 23,000 packages of the medicine left in the country.
News outlet Izvestia reported in January that there are weekly reports about new drug shortages in Russia and that roughly 99 percent of pharmacies faced shortages in 2022.
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