
Deputy Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Sergei Glagolev said that the increase in prices for vital and essential medicines in Russia remains below the inflation rate.
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GELENDZHIK, October 6 - RIA Novosti. The rise in prices for vital and essential medicines in Russia does not exceed the level of inflation, Deputy Minister of Health of Russia Sergei Glagolev told RIA Novosti.
“Our prices for vital and essential drugs (vital and essential drugs - ed.) are below the inflation rate,” Glagolev said on the sidelines of the Bioprom forum.

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