Development Director of the analytical company RNC Pharma Nikolai Bespalov told what will be the cost of vaccination against coronavirus Russian drugs.
I Think it will be a smaller amount than advertised in the US and Europe. The price will be comparable to the price of vaccination against influenza. In the range of 150-200 rubles per dose. From the coronavirus need to be vaccinated twice, so you need to multiply by two, — he told radio Sputnik expert.
He added that the prices of products from different manufacturers may slightly differ as they consist of the cost of development, the researchers work, clinical studies, administrative procedures for the admission of the drug on the market as well as production costs. Of these components and a price plus a certain margin of participants and the system operators of the distribution companies.
But it will be monitored. Most likely, the bulk of the drug will pass through the procurement of space to drive up the price will not be, — said Mr. Bespalov.
Earlier the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova said that the Russian scientists are developing 26 variants of vaccines against coronavirus in 17 scientific organizations. Meanwhile, the Minister of health of the Russian Federation Mikhail Murashko announced that vaccination against coronavirus in Russia will be voluntary, but the population shows great interest in the vaccine.
It also became known that the American biotech company Moderna intends to set the price for a course of vaccine against coronavirus at the level of $50-60. Such rates will be in effect for the United States and other countries where there is a “high income”. But, according to experts, Moderna is likely to be forced to lose price because once the called numbers that are higher than the companies Pfizer and BioNTech. They concluded with the White house an agreement to sell up to 600 million doses of their respective vaccines COVID-19. However, their dose will cost just $19,5, wrote NEWS.ru.
