Pharmacies in Russia began to automatically block expired and illegal medicines at the box office

In mid-June 2023, it became known that Rigla was the first of a network of pharmacies in the Russian Federation to automatically block expired and illegal medicines at the cash desks through the Honest Sign state labeling system.

The Rigla pharmacy chain will launch the function of automatically blocking expired and illegal drugs at the checkout in 2023. The necessary functions will be actively implemented using the national Fair Sign marking system. On June 16, 2023, the agreement was concluded by the operator of the Honest Sign marking system, the Rigla pharmacy chain, as well as the Center for the Development of Advanced Technologies (CRPT).

Rigla was the first of the pharmacy chain to automatically block expired and illegal medicines at the box office

Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Mikhail Murashko reported to the president Russia Vladimir Putin at the beginning of 2023, on the need to connect pharmacy chains to an experiment to exclude the technical possibility of selling potentially dangerous medicines in Russia. Due to the fact that the state began to control the prices of vital drugs and they became more affordable than other drugs for consumers, but falsification also appeared. Manufacturers, especially those who have already identified low-quality products, responsibly approach their product, but not all.

In 2019, a digital labeling system was introduced in Russia. It applies to dairy products, packaged water, medicines, tobacco, shoes, light industry goods, fur coats, perfumes, tires and cameras, electronic means of delivering nicotine and liquids for them. Also, the labeling of beer and low-alcohol drinks, food additives, preservatives, medical products, soft drinks and juices, wheelchairs and children's water is gradually introduced.

According to Roszdravnadzor, in 2016 the number of destroyed falsified, counterfeit and poor-quality medicines increased 2.7 times compared to 2015. In 2016, 7.2 million packages of medicines, and in 2015 - only 2.7 million. According to the department's report on the detection of low-quality and falsified medicines, on July 1, 2015, amendments to the Federal Law "On the Circulation of Medicines" entered into force in Russia. According to the law, selective quality control of drugs is allowed, as well as unscheduled inspections approved by the prosecutor's office, without prior notification of the subjects distributing drug products.^[1]

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