SOME ASPECTS OF PHARMACEUTICAL ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF CIRCULATION OF MEDICINAL PRODUCTS FOR VETERINARY USE AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL
In the Russian Federation, pharmaceutical activities combines the stages of circulation of both medicines for medical use and medicines for veterinary use, which is confirmed at the legislative level by the provisions of Federal Law No. 61-FZ of April 12, 2010 «On the Circulation of Medicines». Over the past few years, there has been an increase in the market capacity of medicinal products for veterinary use. The sale of veterinary medicines is a promising direction for pharmaceutical retail, but this type of activity requires a license from the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor). Thus, in order to sell medicinal products for veterinary use, the pharmacy institution must obtain an additional license and ensure compliance with licensing requirements, including the Rules of Good Pharmacy Practice of medicinal products for veterinary use, and in this case, two departments will control the pharmacy's activities: Roszdravnadzor and Rosselkhoznadzor. At the same time, an employee with both veterinary and pharmaceutical education can release veterinary medicines. The purpose of this work was to study medicinal products for veterinary use as a promising direction for expanding the product range of pharmacy organizations. In the course of the research, theoretical research methods (formalization) and empirical methods of cognition (questionnaire survey) were used. It was established that as of April 2021, 2205 medicinal products for veterinary use, including 631 vaccines, were registered on the territory of the Russian Federation. The analysis of the pharmaceutical forms in which registered medicines for animals are presented showed that the largest number is occupied by liquid pharmaceutical forms - 1503 (68.2%). The share of medicines of domestic production in the Russian market is about 35%. The paper presents the results of a survey of 19 specialists engaged in the field of circulation of medicinal products for veterinary use. It is noted that only 11% of specialists are fully satisfied with the range of medicines for animals presented on the regional pharmaceutical market. It is established that specialists often use medical preparations for the treatment of animals in their practice. Due to the lack of individual requirements for the circulation of veterinary medicines, it seems appropriate to expand the list of product nomenclature for pharmacy institutions at the expense of a group of medicines for veterinary use, without obtaining a separate license.