The Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 735, dated 1 August 2016, amended the terms of implementation of the Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1517, dated 30 December 2015 'On the State Regulation of Prices for Medical Devices Included in the State List of Implantable Medical Devices Used When Providing Medical Assistance within the Program of State Guarantees of Free Medical Assistance'.

The deadline by which the medical devices manufacturers must submit to Roszdravnadzor the documents for the state registration of maximum selling prices for the respective devices was moved from 15 July 2016 to 15 July 2017.

Furthermore, the executive authorities of constituent entities of the Russian Federation are recommended to set limits on the amount of the wholesale mark-ups to the actual selling prices for medical devices in accordance with the procedure approved by the Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1517 by 1 September 2017 (rather than by 1 September 2016).

In addition, the term for submission by the Russian Ministry of Health in collaboration with other interested federal executive authorities to the Government of the Russian Federation of the agreed proposals on the procedure for re-registration of limit selling prices for medical devices was extended for one year - by 1 October 2017 (previously - by 1 October 2016).

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