OREANDA-NEWS.May 05, 2012. Representatives of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) took part in the II National Forum “Supplying Medical Equipment and Medical Products to Prevention-and-Treatment Facilities. Strategy 2012”. The conference took place in the “Ukraine” hotel in Moscow, reported the press-centre of FAS Russia.

FAS officers made presentations and took part in discussions regarding main violations in state procurement of medical products, development of the law on competitive bidding, and substitutability of medical products.

In follow-up of the conference, FAS representatives proposed possible approaches to classification and criteria for determining substitutability of medical products in order to develop competition on the relevant markets.