Reference and interchangeable medicinal products in the State Register of Medicines

G.N. Kovalskaya, E.N. Mikhalevich

Irkutsk State Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education — the branch of the Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education

Information on pharmaceutical products (PP) and organization of the information security system on PP data are important factors affecting the competence and awareness of medical personnel on the rational use of medicinal products (MP). This problem includes several areas, including the PP use with proven efficacy and safety, and the ability to prevent unwanted adverse events. For a number of reasons, health care specialists in the Russian Federation often do not possess objective and timely professional information on PP due to the increase in the number of tradeable MP in the pharmaceutical market (with the reproduced drugs predominance of domestic and foreign production and the lack of available information databases on their interchangeability with reference products). Due to these issues importance, the authors conducted a study on medical workers (Irkutsk region) awareness on the reference and interchangeability issues of MP, and also analyzed the possibilities of o perating in the State Register of Medicines system. As a work result, an algorithm for operating with this information resource was developed and proposed (obtaining information about the particular MP reference, searching for interchangeable MP).

Keywords: rational use of medicinal products, reference medicinal product, interchangeability, State Register of Medicines.

For citation: Kovalskaya G.N., Mikhalevich E.N. Reference and interchangeable medicinal products in the State Register of Medicines. RMJ. 2019;8(I):65–69.