Regulatory Vocabulary.  Industry Regulatory Documents, April 2025

As requested by Vademecum, VERBA LEGAL's Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals Practice has prepared an overview of the regulatory acts that took effect in April 2025 and relate to circulation of medicines and medical products.  Additionally, the lawyers discussed other documents that are expected to take effect later on and industry-specific future regulations that are being drafted at present. 

Here are the issues we focus on in our digest:

• Circulation of medicines:

• A new procedure introduced for registration of prices of vital and essential drugs;

• Updated rules of keeping the State Register of Medicines;

A draft resolution to extend validity period of national marketing authorizations prepared by the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission.

Circulation of medical products:

• Russia's Healthcare Ministry proposes to update the list of non-VATable Medical Products.

• General regulatory regime:

• Mandatory 3-percent online advertising fee introduced.

The digest has been compiled by VERBA LEGAL’s Healthcare Practice team consisting of Alexander Panov, Senior Partner, Varvara Lavrukhina, Junior Associate, Ivan Yapryntsev, Senior Associate, and Rostislav Scheglov, Paralegal.