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Upharmacia March 2017 CIS REGION PHARMA NEWS B elarus Pfizer plans to establish contract manufacturing of its medicines at the facilities of RUE Belmedpre- paraty, the Head of Innovative Development of the Belarus company said. — — — — At the meeting with the representatives of Indian pharmaceutical companies, the Chairman of the Council of the Republic stated that Belarus intends to increase the number of joint pharmaceutical projects with India. Currently, the countries are implementing three investment projects in drug manufacturing. — — In 2H2017, the sofosbuvir generic Gepasoft (Global Napi Pharmaceuticals, Egypt) will be launched in Belarus. The declared price of a pack is to amount USD 800. The original drug of Gilead is not registered in the country. K azakhstan Huray Pharmaceuticals (United Arab Emirates) presented the plan for the construction of the plant for manufacturing of medical products and medicines in Tassay industrial zone (Shymkent). The cost of the project is USD 34 mio. — — K yrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan is developing the opportunity of establishing export of herbal medicines to Armenia, the speaker of videobridge “Kyrgyzstan-Armenia: economic partnership and prospects” said. — — www.upharma-c.com R ussia According to DSM Group analytical company projection, in 2017, the overall pharmaceutical market of Russia may grow 8-9% y-o-y. The Director of Analytics of RNC Pharma company forecasted 10% y-o-y growth. — — — — According to DSM Group company, in 2016, the retail sales on drugs amounted RUB 611bn for 4.12bn packs. The market has grown 8.8% y-o-y in values and 3.4% y-o-y in volumes. — — Russian producer of pharmaceutical substances Active Component company plans to invest RUB 2 bn in the construction of the new plant in Pushkinsky pharm cluster (St. Petersburg region). 70% of the funds are planned to attract from external sources. The plan will start operating in 2019-2020. — — Pharmacy chain 36,6 and online store OZON. ru launched the joint project on remote sale of drugs and medical devices in Russia. The products could be booked on Internet sites of both companies, but the payment and delivery are carried in 36,6 pharmacies. In case if the legislative restrictions for the distance trade of medicines in Russia are completely removed, the courier delivery will be carried out by OZON.ru. — — NacImBio (part of RosTech Corporation), Pharmstantard and Kedrion Biopharma (Italy) signed the contract on establishing of Kirov Plasma company for the manufacturing of drug from human blood plasma. — — The range of research organizations signed agreement on formation of pharmaceutical cluster of Moscow region. The agreement provides combining the competences of participants in the development and research of medicines. 11