Upharmacia October 2017 | Page 9

Upharmacia October 2017 Such measures are required to fight against counterfeit drugs and to be able to track their movement. Labeling of drugs with QR-codes should become mandatory in the EU since Feb 2018. In Oct, the State Service on drugs launched the pilot project on the introduction of an automated system for monitoring the movement of drugs from the producer to the end consumer, using codification and identification in a European manner. S ome D rug P rices G rew 60% in 2 months Analytical company Business Credit admitted the grows of retail prices of some categories of drugs in last months. In Sep 2017, prices of OTC otologic drugs increased 60% vs Aug 2017, OTC contraceptives – 50%. In last 2 months,