The Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation (the “Minzdrav”) has developed draft law aimed to improve regulation of drugs circulation, namely in respect of the determination of drugs interchangeability (the "Draft Law“).

Lidings’ Managing Partner, Head of the pharmaceuticals and healthcare industry practice of the firm Andrey Zelenin will speak at the 24th Russian Pharmaceutical Forum annually organized in Saint Petersburg by the Adam Smith Institute with Lidings’ support. The event will take place on May 15-16 traditionally hosted by one of the city’s central locations — Corinthia Hotel.

Partner of the Lidings’ Intellectual Property practice Boris Malakhov will take part in the All Russian Conference on Intellectual Property in Pharma Market: Protection of Rights and Court Practice in 2018. Organized by the Agency for Socio-Economic Development the event will take place in Moscow on April 23rd 2018 at the Balchug Kempinsky hotel.

On April 13, 2018 the draft law (hereinafter — the “Draft law”) imposing measures (countermeasures) in response to the hostile acts of the USA and (or) other foreign countries has been introduced to State Duma by both State Duma’s chairman and parliamentary leaders.

Lidings’ Managing partner, Head of the pharmaceuticals and healthcare industry practice of the firm Andrey Zelenin will speak at the conference entitled Pharmaceuticals — 2018: Legal Aspects. The event organized by Pravo.ru will take place in Moscow on April 17th at the Metropol hotel.

Lidings law firm once again takes a leading position in the ranking of the most prominent legal advisors in Russia based on the analytical research held annually by the “Kommersant” newspaper.

Reflected by the Pravo.ru’s Sympathy Rating — 2017 identifying the most prominent legal advisors in Russia based on the feedback of peers Lidings recognized as a leading firm for its expertise in employment law and pharmaceuticals and healthcare industry practice area. Individual and moreover exclusive recognition as the only recommended lawyer in this sphere, for a remarkable work for advising pharmaceutical companies in Russia, is given to Lidings’ Managing Partner, Head of the firm’s Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare industry practice, Andrey Zelenin.

Senior Associate of the Lidings’ Intellectual Property practice Boris Malakhov will take part in the Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation Conference in Amsterdam on February 27-28th. The event is organized by the C5 Group, one of the world’s main conference providers.

On January 19, 2018 State Duma has passed in the first reading the introduced by Russian Government draft law (hereinafter — the “Draft law”) providing changes to the Federal law dated 12.04.2010 No. 61-FZ “On drugs (medicines) circulation” (hereinafter — “61-FZ”).