In the "black list" on a background of a new wave of "repression" against the import of medical products can get today:
- incubators, neonatal intensive care (IITN);
- apparatus for artificial ventilation (mechanical ventilation);
- otorinoskopy;
- defibrillators;
- tonometers intraocular pressure;
- and even many foreign medtovary up to the functional beds.
Russian Ministry of Industry has issued a similar "expanding" initiative and the "Medical Gazette" notified of their pages the general public that the government's draft was quite close to implementation.
In 2015 at the highest level it was approved list of medical products purchased for the state and municipal medical facilities abroad only when there are no such proposals from manufacturers from Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus or Armenia. This solution was just to maintain "domestic" manufacturers of medical products.
Initially, the blacklist includes only 46 foreign goods. But the Ministry of Industry and almost immediately began to "encroach" on its expansion due to complex medical instruments and other equipment. As a result, it is now in the list of more than 100 products.
As the experts comment on this restriction on the use of medical devices?
Says CEO of DSM Group Sergei Shuljak "medtech can not be compared, for example, with medicines. Treat and cure generics can be as good, but the one from the other medical device with the same name may vary by a number of characteristics. Some cars really save lives. For example, the same German or American. But others are not far from such effective. Or, for example, there is a beautiful Russian scanners. However, the "Russian" only there assembled, and all parts - imported. How to categorize such a device? Question".
In Soviet times, all hospitals were equipped with Soviet medtech same production. And the quality of medical aid in this respect was not too high. Now, in the medical industry very different tasks. And for the development of the industrial sector will certainly need a healthy competition between our devices and imported.
However, in 2015 procurement of imported medical devices, similar to Russian, has been limited by the Government. Moreover, in the list, in addition to the above, includes, including hearing aids, tweezers and surgical needles. And almost went crutches, bandages, condoms. But after an open letter to the Russian premiere of the development of this project has been suspended for some time.
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