[N. A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health, 105064, Moscow, Russia]

The medication support of population is an integral part of health care system reflecting the state of social and economic sectors in conditions of national pharmaceutical market development that as opposed to markets of other goods has such specific characteristics as wide scale, large selection of assortment, science linkage, durational cycle of medication development. Lately, intensive work was implemented improving national medication supply system. The normative base passed through significant changes. The percentage of costs of medication support in total costs of health care increased. The preparation of pilot project concerning system of reimbursement of appropriated medications proceeds. However, despite all these actions, availability of medications does not improve. The components of medicinal availability can be structured as physical, spatial temporal, assortmental and infrastructural ones. The article presents overall analysis of most acute challenges in the area of medication supply. The proposals were formulated concerning development of system of medication support of population.