The Russian Society for Pharmacoeconomics Research (RSPOR) (Russian Chapter of ISPOR) continue to work in the field of implementation of pharmacoeconomics knowledge and principles in the public health services.

In June 2005 RSPOR organized the seminar of the Formulary committee in Croatia (Pula) named “The Quality of medical care in the period of health care system reforms”. During this seminar the problems of rational drug supply at the regional level, the standards of medical care, orphan drugs and rare diseases, rational choice of medical technologies were discussed. It was the presentation of the first edition of Reference book of drugs of Formulary committee.

 RSPOR has conducted the Russian forum during the VIII-th annual European Congress of ISPOR (November, 2005) in Italy (Florence) named “The reimbursement system development and rational use of drugs”. It covered the problems of reform of drug supply system in Russia, clinico-economical research problems and perspectives, Formulary Committee activities.

In December 2005 second Russian Congress "The Health care quality management: licensing, standardization and pharmacoeconomics" was held. About four hundred people from 30 regions of Russia took part in the Congress. During the Congress training courses, sections and round tables were held. There were devoted methodology and practical experience of health care quality management, standardization and pharmacoeconomics in neurology, rheumatology, hematology, as well as licensing and accreditation in health care.

RSPOR and its Habarovsk branch organized the section of RSPOR in the context of Evidence based medicine congress (Habarovsk, September, 2005).

In 2005 the RSPOR members conducted the pharmacoeconomics analysis of several drugs in the field of pulmonology and hematology.

RSPOR realizes information activity in electronic and printed mass media: website  ( www.rspor.ru ), Journal «Health Care Standardization Problems».

For the future RSPOR is planning activities in the field of regional policy and international cooperation, and also issuing and promoting of the information reference books on the problems of evidence based medicine and clinico-economical analysis.

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