In Moscow pharmacies, it is impossible to buy the children's anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen in the form of candles, Vedomosti writes . This medicine is included in the list of vital.
The medicine could not be found on the websites of large pharmacy chains and special aggregators, including the websites of Pharmacy Chain 36.6, Rigla, and Bud Zdorov.
According to the Aptekamos aggregator, the medicine can be bought in only one pharmacy in the Moscow region.
Five companies can produce ibuprofen in the form of suppositories in Russia. As Vedomosti writes, two of them “practically do not produce it,” and the remaining three stopped selling the drug at the end of last year.
Prices for vital drugs are regulated by the state, so the manufacturer has no right to raise the price of a drug to a profitable one.