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Upharmacia December 2017 CIS PHARMA NEWS A rmenia R ussia — — Tufenkji Group and Bio-Chem companies received national GMP certificates. Tufenkji Group plans to enter external markets in 2018. Currently, 5 of 19 producers in Armenia are GPM-certified. — — Within the integration into the business of Sun Pharma, Biosintez company will construct the new production site for manufacturing of solid drug forms in 2Q2018. The capacity of the new site will be about 1.7bln tablets. — — In next 3 years, AstraZeneca plans to localize 10 drugs in Russia within the special investment contracts. 6 of them do not have analogues in Russia. — — According to IMS Health data, in 9M2017, Protek company leaded the rating of pharmaceutical distributors by direct sales of drugs with 18% market share. It was followed by Katren (16.9%) and Puls (13.6%). — — Russian Parliament postponed the introduction of compulsory labeling of drugs from 2019 to 2020. — — Pharmasyntez company will invest RUB 3.5bln in the production of 30 types of hormonal preparations at its facilities in Tyumen region. The company will become the only local manufacturer of such products in Russia. A zerbaijan — — Belarus plans to build a pharmaceutical plant in Azerbaijan to produce antitumor drugs oriented on the third countries. B elarus — — Deputy PM of Belarus stated that Belarus and Uzbekistan plan to create a joint enterprise on drugs manufacturing in Uzbekistan. K azakhstan — — Karaganda Pharmaceutical Complex, Hikma CIS and Eleas companies plan to establish production of 19 names of insulins to supply them within public tenders. — — Kazakh Parliament postponed introduction of compulsory medical insurance from 2018 to 2020. — — The government of Astana signed memorandums and contracts with companies worth KZT 100 bn. Each of them intends to establish own manufacturing of drugs and medical devises in the Astana pharmaceutical cluster. www.upharma-c.com 9