Meldonium FDA. Can Mildronate improve athletic performance?

Manufacturer of pharmaceutical products of JSC "Grindeks" has no data to prove that the active substance meldonium (Mildronat) can improve athletic performance.

Head of Marketing Department of the Russian office of the company "Grindeks" Alexander Kondratyev admitted that the Division of anti-doping State Center for Sports Medicine in Latvia together with the company "Grindeks" in the summer of 2015 year gave WADA the arguments and justifications that the drug should not be included in the prohibited list. "The fact that Mildronat well studied. There is no evidence that the active substance is meldonium doping, ie a substance that can improve athletic performance. Mildronat protects the cells of the body, suffering from a lack of oxygen (ischemia) from destruction, stores them and helps to restore the body at high loads, - he said. - That is why the decision of WADA company "Grindeks" do not agree ".

According to Kondratieff, WADA decided to include the active substance meldonium (Mildronat) you a list of doping agents quickly, without spending additional studies that could confirm or refute their assumptions about meldonium. "I do not know what exactly was guided by the management of the organization, but for sure they did not have complete information for making such a decision", - he said and noted that, according to available information at its disposal, WADA did not request documents for meldonium or, specifically, Mildronat by the "Grindeks". The documents were provided by the Department of State Anti-Doping Center of Sports Medicine Latvia with the company "Grindeks". But any discussion of this issue was not.