26.05.2015

On 25 May 2015, the AEB presented the first draft of the Code of Conduct for pharmaceutical producers at the Expert Council of the Federal Antimonopoly Service. The meeting took place at the FAS and was chaired by Igor Artemiev, Head of the FAS. The AEB was represented by Frank Schauff, AEB CEO, Sergey Smirnov, Chairman of the AEB Health and Pharmaceuticals Committee, as well as the members of the Working Group on the Code of Conduct (WG) of the Health and Pharmaceuticals Committee.

The WG has been working on the Code of Conduct since November 2014 in close cooperation with the FAS. At the meeting a public discussion was held on the Code of Conduct involving experts, representatives of professional associations and pharmaceutical companies. It is expected that the Code of Conduct will be finalised in June 2015. The Code of Conduct aims at establishing internal rules for self-regulation of pharmaceutical business in Russia as well as fair terms of competition in the industry.

Photo L—R: Nadezhda Sharavskaya, Deputy Head of the Department of the control over social sphere and trade of the FAS; Timofey Nizhegorodtsev, Head of the Department of the control over social sphere and trade of the FAS; Igor Artemiev, Head of the FAS; Andrey Kashevarov, Deputy Head of the FAS; Frank Schauff, AEB CEO.

Source of the photo: FAS