Russian pharmacies beat back a legislative proposal that would have weakened their grasp on some OTC drugs

Source: Meduza

Pharmacies won a major victory this week when Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova announced on Wednesday that the government is withdrawing a legislative proposal to allow grocery stores to sell certain kinds of over-the-counter medicines to treat fevers and stomach aches. Russia’s biggest pharmacy chains warned that they’d be forced to close up to half their stores, if the reforms went through.

Experts estimated that the medicines in question make up about 2.5 percent of Russia’s pharmaceutical market. Explaining the decision, Golikova cited “negative public feedback,” and pointed out that the Industry and Trade Ministry also asked the government to abandon the initiative.

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