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Prosecutor General Orders Probes Into Kidney Drug Procurement in Nine Regions and St. Petersburg

The move follows reports of shortfalls, with a nationwide review of production and distribution underway.

Overview

  • Regional prosecutors in Bashkortostan, Dagestan, Tatarstan, the Kirov, Nizhny Novgorod, Omsk, Ryazan, Saratov and Ulyanovsk regions, and St. Petersburg were instructed to conduct oversight checks.
  • The inspections will evaluate how regional authorities and medical institutions provide essential medicines to patients with kidney disease.
  • An interagency analysis involving the Health Ministry, the Industry and Trade Ministry, and Roszdravnadzor is examining national production volumes and the circulation of relevant drugs.
  • Bashkortostan’s Health Ministry denied supply disruptions and reported increased deliveries since September for drugs including epoetin alfa, paricalcitol, sevelamer, ferric carboxymaltose and etelcalcetide.
  • The Prosecutor General’s Office pledged exhaustive measures for any violations and said results of the oversight actions remain under its control with findings not yet published.