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Upharmacia April 2017 CIS REGION PHARMA NEWS A rmenia The Union of producers and importers of drugs of Armenia has prepared the Draft Codex of good practice for pharmaceutical companies. The document was created on the basis of the Codex of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufactures and Associations (IFPMA). — — A zerbaijan Investment company Azersun Holding plans to possess 20-30% of the pharmaceutical market of Azerbaijan, the CEO of the company stated. Azersun Holding jointly with Azaerbaijani Investment Company and Iranian Tamin Pharmaceutical Investment Company is constructing the pharmaceutical plant in Pirallakhinsky industrial park. — — B elarus Indian company NATCO Pharma Ltd will support the development of the first in Belarus laboratory of small chemical synthesis in Vitebsk. The laboratory will serve as research and development center competent in the development and transfer of technologies for the synthesis of expensive pharmaceutical substances. — — K azakhstan Kazakh pharmaceutical company Abdi Ibrahim Global Pharm (part of Turkish corporation Abdi Ibrahim) started export of medicines for the treatment of hepatitis and diabetes in — — 10 Azerbaijan and Georgia. The company plans to considerably increase its exports in the CIS countries in the following years. R ussia According to the survey of the consulting group IPT, the representatives of Russian pharmaceutical market expect it to grow by 6-7% y-o-y in 2017 (in rubles), and by 9% y-o-y in 2018. In values, the annual growth in these years is envisaged at 4-6% y-o-y — — — — Russian company Generium and International biopharmaceutical company Shire have created a joined company SG Biotech for the sale of drugs for the treatment of hemophilia. Currently , the company controls over 70% of hemophilia segment of the hospital market — — Russian subsidiary of Merck signed the agreement with Kaluga pharmaceutical cluster on the development of life sciences technologies in Kaluga region — — Japanese company Mitsui will buy 10% share in R-Pharm for about USD 200 mio. The deal is expected to be closed in Sep 2017. Further expansion of the package is under discussion. — — Within the large-scale investment program Protec group of companies acquired 100% of shares of Rafarma pharmaceutical industrial complex — — According to the data of pharmaceutical company Nativa, in 2017, the market of pulmonological drugs will worth more than RUB 14bn. Three foreign companies (AstraZeneca, GSK and Boehringer Ingelheim) possess more than 83% of the market. www.upharma-c.com