"The recommended retail price is 12 320 rubles," TASS quotes him.
At the same time, Mladentsev clarified that the retail price should be the same as for government supplies.
He also added that one package of the Russian medicine for coronavirus will contain 40 tablets of 200 mg each.
The drug is available by prescription.
In June, the Ministry of Health approved the drug Areplivir, which is an analogue of the drug Favipiravir, invented in Japan, used to treat COVID-19.
In September, the Russian Ministry of Health authorized the outpatient use of two favipiravir drugs for the treatment of patients with coronavirus infection.