On 20 January 2016, Russian Duma ratified the Agreement on common principles and rules of circulation of medical devices within the Eurasian Economic Union  and the similar agreement for pharmaceuticals. This took another significant step further start of real functioning of common market and regulatory system for medical devices across Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia and Kyrgizstan, which was formally enforced on 1 January 2016.

Related previous posts:

• Five Questions on Eurasian Medical Device Integration
• Review of new Eurasian Economic Union Medical Device Approval Process.
•  Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan agreed on common principles and rules of circulation of medical devices