Russian parliament adopts law setting price caps for ‘basic’ drugs | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “The lower house of the Russian parliament on Wednesday passed a bill introducing price ceilings for basic pharmaceuticals.
The law spells out the powers of federal and regional authorities in regulating the circulation of drugs, including the power to set maximum wholesale and retail markups on prices for the most basic ‘life saving’ medicines, such as treatments for TB and diabetes.”