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Other sources told Vedomosti that private players would be allowed to invest in the importer, which will still be controlled by the ministry. Analysts surveyed by the daily believe that certain medicine types, such as rare vaccines could benefit from centralised handling and possible backing by state-managed reserves in case of shortages and emergencies. Russians are plagued by the shortage of foreign medicine. Although the constitution guanrantees their right to access these medicines for free, when trying to fulfil a prescription pharmacies often do not have the medicine in stock and the patient is then forced to buy a privately imported and expensive alternative.
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