The FAS recognized Nizhpharm JSC as violating the law "On Advertising". This is stated in the message of the service.
The advertisement for the drug "Artra" claimed that pain and discomfort in the joints can report the first signs of osteoarthritis, and that the drug restores joints.
According to the legislation, advertising of medicines should not guarantee the positive effect of the drug and contain assumptions about the presence of certain diseases in consumers.
The Company will be brought to administrative responsibility in accordance with the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation.
Nizhpharm is a Russian manufacturer of pharmaceuticals. It was founded in 1919 in Nizhny Novgorod under the name Pharmaceutical Plant No. 10. Since 2004, it has been part of the German Stada group of companies.
