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The problem of quality of medications at Russian market (1992–2004). Report III. The policies of (non-)confidence

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The Ministry of Health Care archives, journal publications, interviews and memoirs testify that in 19922004 issue of medications quality was key one in life of Russian Pharma. The ensuring of medications safety considered not only as part of social policy, but also as rules helping to reformat the wild bazaar into controlled market. The media disputes, departmental justifications, political bills and memoirs give idea of the price of the issue heat of emotions, ambitions, financial losses. Besides, subjecting to who would determine quality (and therefore assess all players in Pharma market) depended on where the center of power would be located in the market. In series of reports, authors present results of historical reconstruction of building material, architects and technologies of raising of Russian controlling and authorizing system and market rules. The third report is devoted to products of (non-) confidence in the control system: on the one hand, exemption trustworthy partners from verification procedures and certification fees and on the other hand, making punitive Pharma police.

Source: Problems of Social Hygiene Public Health and History of Medicine

DOI: 10.32687/0869-866x-2025-33-2-311-317

Authors: V G Ignatiev, S N Zatravkin, E A Vishlenkova

Institutions: National Research Institute of Public Health named after N.A. Semashko, Scientific Research Institute of Healthcare Organization and Medical Management, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Language: English

Topic: Medical and Pharmaceutic Studies

Subfield: Pharmacology

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4410270934

FWCI: 0.874

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