Analysis of medicnes registration in Russia
The article presents data on the registration of new medicines in Russia in 2016. Over the past year in Russia 959 registration certificates were issued: 728 for drugs and 231 for pharmaceutical substances. Drugs registered in 2016 were presented to 420 international nonproprietary names, and trade names 682. The main therapeutic areas, which were represented by registered medicines, is an infectious disease, cardiovascular disease and malignancies. 57 drugs were new international nonproprietary names or new combinations of international nonproprietary names.