Russia

Russian drugmaker Veropharm is set for another year of record sales after posting sales of US$86.5mn in H108, up 45.4% year-on-year (y-o-y). Driven by a thriving local market and... 2008-08-15

Recently-elected Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has spoken out about the development of healthcare and how he intends future burgeoning expenditures to be funded. Following on... 2008-07-16

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has laid out plans for a major healthcare reform in Russia, which aims to provide universal access to treatment and help boost an already buoyant pharmaceutical... 2008-06-24

The prevalence and prevention of counterfeit pharmaceuticals is a highly publicised topic, both in Europe and globally. There have been widely varying figures of the estimated value... 2008-06-16

Increases in pharmaceutical prices, along with rising imports of high-price pharmaceuticals, support BMI's predictions for strong market growth in Russia over the next five years.... 2008-06-05

Russians are the people most burdened by disease in Europe, a statistic that is forecast to remain unchanged until 2030. BMI's Burden of Disease Database (BoDD), shows the impact... 2008-06-02

Most small Russian pharmacy chains will probably be forced to close by the end of 2008, according to the DSM Group's annual report. The Group's general director, Alexander Kuzin,... 2008-05-16