14-Jan-16 Unsafe use of medication is a major issue in both developed and developing countries, causing millions of injuries and costing USD4 bn annually. 10% of patients worldwide are affected, said a WHO report. "A global concerted effort is needed to address patient medication safety... Communication has become the buzzword," said Dr. SD Gupta, President of IIHMR University in Jaipur. [image: Keval News]

28-Dec-15 Russia plans to allow drugstore chains to sell medicines via the Internet as of 1-Jan-17. "This type of selling the drugs will be accessible to all customers with access to the Internet and cover all the groups of medicines, except narcotics and psychotropic substances," the government press service said. [image: Retail & Loyalty]

01-Dec-15 When in May-15 Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev tasked the government with creating a program of pharmaceutical import substitution, foreign companies were worried. Today, 60% of the drugs approved by the Russian government are produced domestically. Under the new policy, this share should increase to 90% by 2018. [image: Getty Images]

16-Nov-15 In May 2015, the People's Friendship University of Russia (PFUR or RUDN), which has students from 152 countries, established a school of medical information and telemedicine. There are few doctors in Russia who know how to run telemedicine centers, and RUDN is aiming to equip its students with this knowledge. [image: Russian Beyond The Headlines / Press Photo]

28-Oct-15 Healthcare funding provided by Russia's Sverdlovsk Region as part of the obligatory medical insurance package might be reduced 14% to RUB3.8 bn in 2016. The healthcare sector is reported to be on the brink of collapsing, and some clinics might simply go bankrupt. [image: Quartz]