Durex Lex

Roszdravnadzor banned the sale of Durex condoms in Russia, since these products are not registered in the prescribed manner. This was stated by the head of the department Mikhail Murashko, reports TASS.

"They are not registered in the prescribed manner. This means that the linear series that is represented by the company does not have Russian registration. In accordance with the law, medical products must undergo technical, toxicological tests, and all this should undergo an examination in Roszdravnadzor," Murashko said.

As the head of Roszdravnadzor noted, the products of the British company Durex have a chance to return to the Russian market after the relevant registration procedures. "They must either register as a new product or make changes in the prescribed manner. The company is obliged to comply with the legislation, this is not the first time, it is simply concerned with many, so it has become resonant," Murashko said.

The head of the department added that there will be no condom in the Russian market. "More than 60 names of condoms have been registered in the Russian Federation, so there will be no interruptions, it is only one of the brands," Murashko said.

It was reported that Durex condoms began to disappear from pharmacy shelves in different regions since May 2016.

In August, the Ministry of Industry and Trade proposedlimiting the public procurement of imported condoms and crutches. The document expands the list of foreign medical products for which restrictions are established for public procurement. The list was put into effect by a resolution that Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed on February 5, 2015. It included computer tomographs, electrocardiographs, syringes, blood transfusion devices and other products.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade considers it necessary to include in this list, along with condoms and various types of crutches and canes, antiseptics and drugs for disinfection, gauze dressings and bandages, artificial lung ventilation devices.

Vadim Pokrovsky believes the head of the Federal Scientific and Methodological Center for the Prevention and Combating of AIDS that the restriction on state procurement of foreign condoms should not lead to a surge of HIV infection. According to the medic, "there is no direct connection."

The main problem, continued Pokrovsky, - high prices for imported condoms, because of which these goods are not available for low -income citizens, in particular students. Therefore, the appearance of cheap means of HIV prevention in pharmacies. At the same time, Pokrovsky admitted: "Of course, the question of quality arises, and in this regard, some problem, undoubtedly, exists."