Nikolai Gerasimenko, the head of the ‘Quality of life (Health)’ project, the first deputy head of the Russian State Duma Committee for Healthcare, said that the United Russia Party will check prices for medicine, RIA Novosti reports.In his words, the party monitored price two weeks ago and revealed great diversity in pricing, from 6% to 30%. The prices for essential medicine increased by 7.7% in three months, other medicine became 17-18% more costly.Gerasimenko noted that there were no real reasons for higher prices for medicine. Markup should not exceed 10-15% for gross sales and 20-30% for retail sales.
Nikolai Gerasimenko, the head of the ‘Quality of life (Health)’ project, the first deputy head of the Russian State Duma Committee for Healthcare, said that the United Russia Party will check prices for medicine, RIA Novosti reports.
In his words, the party monitored prices two weeks ago and revealed great diversity in pricing, from 6% to 30%. The prices for essential medicine increased by 7.7% in three months, other medicine became 17-18% more costly.
Gerasimenko noted that there were no real reasons for higher prices for medicine. Markups should not exceed 10-15% for gross sales and 20-30% for retail sales.
