ON THE QUESTION OF CURRENTCHANGES IN REGULATING DRUG CIRCULATION WITHIN THECUSTOMS UNION
The Russian Federation is a member of the Customs Union, which became the basis of the Common Economic Space, existing on the territory of the Customs Union since 01 January, 2012. Beginning with August 2012, Russia became a member of the World Trade Organization. This implies significant changes in the processes of regulation and control of medicinal products, which have already been defined at certain steps of the State marketing authorisation procedure, and especially at the stage of post-marketing drug circulation. The subjects of the present article are the changes in the regulatory and legislative framework in medicines circulation related to russian international treaties, as well as a brief analysis of the changes in the customs policy.