Drug supply

Life-saving and essential medicines

Currently, the city of Moscow has a procedure for preferential drug provision for certain groups of the population eligible for benefits, approved by Decree of the Government of Moscow dated August 10, 2005 No. 1506-RP "On the implementation of social support measures for certain categories of citizens of the city of Moscow to provide medicines and medical prescriptions dispensed on doctor's prescriptions free of charge or at a 50% discount.

The aforementioned order approved: the List of population groups, in the outpatient treatment of which medicines and medical devices are dispensed free of charge or with a discount, and the List of categories of diseases, in the outpatient treatment of which medicines and medical devices are dispensed free of charge.

Federal Law No. 178-FZ of July 17, 1999 “On State Social Assistance” establishes the right to receive state social assistance in the form of a set of social services, which includes the provision, in accordance with the standards of medical care, with the necessary medicines for medical use according to prescriptions for medicinal products. medicines, medical products under prescriptions for medical products, as well as specialized medical nutrition products for disabled children, for certain categories of citizens specified in Articles 6.1 and 6.7 of the said Federal Law.

The provision of certain categories of citizens with medicines and medical products by prescription of doctors free of charge or at a discount 50% is carried out through pharmacy organizations (pharmacies of various forms of ownership and pharmacy points located directly in medical organizations (outpatient clinics) in administrative districts at the place of residence). The list of pharmacy organizations is approved by the Moscow Department of Health.

Appeals on the provision of medicines and medical products dispensed by prescription of doctors free of charge or at a discount through pharmacy organizations are considered by specialists of the Hot Line of the State Budgetary Institution of Healthcare of the City of Moscow "Center for Drug Supply of the Department of Health of the City of Moscow" by phone +7 (495 ) 974-63-65, as well as by phone Directorate for coordinating the activities of medical organizations DZM.

Pharmaceutical organizations providing logistics services for drug supply to certain categories of citizens on doctor's prescriptions free of charge or with a 50% discount in the city of Moscow:

  • SAO, SZAO, ZELAO of Moscow - OOO Trade House Pharm Center;
  • Eastern Administrative District, Northern Eastern Administrative District of Moscow — GBUZ of the City of Moscow "Center for Drug Provision of the Department of Health of the City of Moscow";
  • SWAD of Moscow — PJSC Pharmimex;
  • CAO, SEAD, SAD, CJSC, TNAO of Moscow - GBUZ of the city of Moscow "Center for Drug Provision of the Department of Health of the City of Moscow".

Children from large families under the age of 18 are provided with medicines free of charge (the indicated measures of social support are provided to families with many children until the youngest child reaches the age of 16 (studying in an educational institution implementing general education programs - up to 18 years) in accordance with the Law of the City of Moscow dated 11/23/2005 No. 60 “On social support for families with children in the city of Moscow”.

Information on the procedure for providing citizens with a package of social services

In accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 6.3 of the Federal Law of July 17, 1999 No. 178-FZ “On State Social Assistance” (as amended on August 22, 2004, December 29, 2004), the period for providing citizens with a set of social services is a calendar year.

In accordance with paragraph 1.11 of the order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russia dated December 29, 2004 No. 328 “On approval of the procedure for providing a set of social services to certain categories of citizens”, an application for refusing a set of social services for the next year is submitted by a citizen to the territorial body of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation annually up to 1 October of the current year. Citizens have the right to withdraw the submitted application for refusal to receive a set of social services (social services) for the next year until October 1 of the current year.

It is allowed to refuse to receive a set of social services in full, to refuse to receive social services provided for in clause 1 of part 1 of Article 6.2 of the Federal Law of July 17, 1999 No. if there are medical indications, vouchers for sanatorium-and-spa treatment), and refusal to receive social services provided for in clause 2 of part 1 of article 6.2 of the Federal Law of July 17, 1999 No. 178-ФЗ (providing free travel on suburban railway transport, as well as on intercity transport to the place of treatment and back).

Information about the production of medicines of the world's leading brands

Official information about the localization of the production of medicines of the world's leading brands on the industrial premises of Russian pharmaceutical manufacturers is published on the Internet on the following websites: https://rosminzdrav.ru, https://rg.ru, http://pharmvestnik.ru, http://remedium.ru, http://gmpnews.ru, http://expert-biotech.com, http://imemo.ru.

Search for drugs withdrawn from circulation

Information about the seizure of medicines can be found in the service "Search for medicines withdrawn from circulation", posted on the website of the Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare. http://www.roszdravnadzor.ru/services/lssearch

Quality control of medicines

Information regarding the quality of medicines in civil circulation can be found on the website of the Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare in the section "Drugs / Quality Control of Medicines / Newsletters" http://www.roszdravnadzor.ru/drugs/qualitycontrol

Additional Information

1.      Order of the Moscow Department of Health of April 29, 2016 N 376
On the list of pharmacy organizations dispensing medicines, medical devices and specialized medical nutrition products for disabled children, prescribed to citizens entitled to receive state social assistance in the form of a set of social services.

1.1.   On the list of pharmacy organizations dispensing medicines, medical devices and specialized medical nutrition products for disabled children, prescribed to citizens entitled to receive state social assistance in the form of a set of social services.

2.       Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of October 12, 2019 N 2406-r (as amended on March 30, 2022) “On approval of the list of vital and essential medicines, as well as the lists of medicines for medical use and the minimum range of medicines necessary for the provision of medical care”

3.      Order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation of April 22, 2014 N 183n "On approval of the list of medicines for medical use subject to subject-quantitative accounting"

4.      Order of the Department of Health of Moscow, Department of Information Technologies of Moscow dated October 22, 2014 No. 914 / 64-16-421 / 14 “On the procedure for maintaining a unified city register of citizens entitled to the provision of medicines and medical devices sold under doctors' prescriptions for free or with a 50% discount in the city of Moscow.

In accordance with the order of the Department of Health of the city of Moscow, the Department of Information Technology dated October 22, 2014 No. No. 914/64-16-421/14 "On the procedure for maintaining the Unified City Register of Citizens Entitled to Provision of Medicines and Medical Products Dispensed on Doctor's Prescriptions Free of Charge or with a 50% Discount in the City of Moscow", inclusion of a citizen in the Unified City Register The drug supply register is the basis for issuing electronic prescriptions to it using the functionality of UMIAS.

When a citizen personally applies to a medical organization, it is not required to provide a certificate from the territorial body of the Pension Fund of Russia on receipt of the EDV.