Pharmaceutical Policy Reform in the Russian Federation

Caroline Rudisill, Sotiris Vandoros, Joseph George Antoun

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Abstract

Of Russia's 142 million citizens, fewer than 20 million are enrolled in outpatient drug coverage plans. The current government aims to establish universal health insurance including outpatient medicines. Based on the current political and regulatory environment, this report explores pharmaceutical pricing options for Russia that balance greater access to medicines with achieving government plans of boosting local pharmaceutical production. To match innovative medicine prices with their health benefits, in the long run, we suggest that Russia consider adopting value-based pricing, and in the short term, that it introduce direct price negotiations and prices drugs according to reference countries that use health technology assessment. Although generic market shares are high, generic medicine prices are higher than they should be. We propose tenders at the manufacturer level for the pricing of high-selling generics, and free pricing for products with sufficient market competition. These policy recommendations are a jumping-off point for further discussion about how pharmaceutical policy could aid this major economy to achieve its population health and health service goals.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)691-705
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Health Politics Policy and Law
Volume39
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2014

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