REMEDIUMREMEDIUM1561-59362658-3534Joint-Stock Company Chicot138210.32687/1561-5936-2021-25-4-42-46Original ArticleConflict of interest in retail sales of medicines: raising an issueMatveevA. G.la-musica@yandex.ruMezentsevaE. S.ekaterina.vorozhtsova@yandex.ruPerm State National Research UniversityPerm State Pharmaceutical Academy161220214424629032022Copyright © 2021,2021<p>Legislative regulation of contacts related to conflicts of interest has also affected the pharmaceutical business. Both objective and subjective factors can influence on the pharmacists performance of their professional duties. First of all is an impossibility and inexpedient to inform the patient about all available interchangeable medicines. Second one is the personal (sometimes property) interest of a pharmacist in promoting certain trade names. In this case, the issue of a conflict of interest can be raised. The concept of a conflict of interest in pharmaceutical business proposed by the Federal Law on the Basis of Public Health Protection does not disclose the concept of personal interest and, moreover, the legal structure of a conflict of interest, due to the problematic nature of its proof. This is does not add efficiency to the legal regulation of retail sales of medicines. Legal regulation of the pharmacists duties and ethical requirements for the impartiality and objectivity of their activities are sufficient standards for the relationship between a pharmacist and a patient.</p>conflict of interestpharmaceutical businesscounseling patientinforming patientконфликт интересовфармацевтическая деятельностьконсультированиеинформированиеконсультационно-информационная услуга1.Конвенция Организации Объединенных Наций против коррупции // Бюллетень международных договоров. 2006. № 10. С. 7-54.2.Глазырин Т. С., Козлов Т. Л., Колосова Н. М., Ноздрачев А. Ф., Плюгина И. В., Путило Н. В. и др. Конфликт интересов на государственной и муниципальной службе, в деятельности организаций: причины, предотвращение, урегулирование: научно-практическое пособие. М.; 2016. 224 с.3.Федина Е. А. Теоретические и методические основы совершенствования качества фармацевтических информационно-консультационных услуг при безрецептурном отпуске: автореф. дисс. … докт. фарм. наук. М.; 2007. 46 с.4.Никитин В. В. Рекомендации фармацевта по выбору лекарственных препаратов в аптеке // Аптека: бухгалтерский учет и налогообложение. 2020. № 1. С. 69-72.