In Russia, for the prevention of drug trafficking in counterfeit goods will be marked codes.

This January 30 Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting with the vice-premiers. According to him, the relevant document has been signed. The project has a special automated system that allows you to monitor all stages of the movement of products from the manufacturer to the pharmacy is created. Check medication for legality could anyone with a special scanner device or your smartphone directly at the pharmacy.

Medvedev emphasized that the project will be launched first in test mode. You can then make a decision on mandatory labeling of all medications.

Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said that the project will be implemented jointly by the Federal Tax Service and Roszdravnadzor.

"We are talking about approximately 350 thousand members in sales:.. It's about 1 thousand producers - roughly half domestic, half foreign, which is about 100 thousand health institutions and about 250 thousand drugstores.." - Said Dvorkovich.

How to write Internet-portal "Kuban 24", that in the Russian drugs get marking that can be read on mobile phones, in December 2015, said Minister of Health Veronika Skvortsova. In September 2016, the Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said that the QR-code labeling of drugs in test mode are planning to launch in Russia in January 2017.