Upharmacia September 2017
REGULATORY UPDATES
The Regulation on the Application of the National List of Essential Medicines Approved
Order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine No . 801 as of Jul 17 , 2017 approved the Regulation on the Application of the National List of Essential Medicines when organizing the process of providing the population with medicines in healthcare institutions and facilities that are fully or partially financed from the state and local budgets ( hereinafter - the Regulation ).
The need to approve the Regulation was determined by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers No . 180 " On Amending and Invalidating Certain Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine " as of Mar 16 , 2017 .
The Regulation determines the specifics of the use of medicines included in the National List of Essential Medicines , which are marked with the " √ ", "*" and "**". For example , " √Do not prescribe to children under 3 months ", "* For medical use in case of eclampsia and severe pre-eclampsia . Not applicable for other types of seizures ".
The document also provides an explanation of the dosage forms of medicines included in the National List .
It should be noted that healthcare institutions and facilities that are fully or partially funded from the state and local budgets should follow this document when forming the nomenclature for the procurement of medicines from the National List . That is , Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers " Some Issues of State Regulation of Prices for Medicines and Medical Products " No . 333 as of March 25th , 2009 is applied together with the Regulations .
Procurement Based on the National List are Deferred by the Next Year
On Sep 30 , 2017 , the Resolution No . 718 " Some Issues of Procurement of Medicines " entered into force . This Resolution prolonged the transition period for the procurement of medicines in the regions based on the National List of Essential Medicines . A similar provision has been made regarding supplying patients with drugs based on free and preferential prescriptions from the pharmacy .
Thus , before Jan 1 , 2018 , healthcare institutions and facilities that are fully or partially funded from state and local budgets can procure any medicines registered in Ukraine included in the State Register of Medicines of Ukraine .
From Jan 1 , 2018 , public procurement of medicines will be carried out based on the National List . The exception is procurement through international specialized organizations and the state program of insulin reimbursement .
State Procurement Service Explained the Conditions Under Which the Information in the Pharmacy Signboard is not an Advertisement
On Sep 1 , 2017 the State
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Procurement Service issued an explanation notice to its territorial bodies regarding the classification of information posted outside pharmacies in terms of advertising legislation . In particular , the object of analysis was the possibility of using in the pharmacy signboard such phrases as " Pharmacy of Low Prices ", " Pharmacy of the Best Prices " and " Economy Pharmacy ".
As before , the state agency notes that a signboard or a board containing information about the registered name of the entity , the logo , the type of its commercial activities ( if it is not clear from the registered name of the entity ) and the working hours , which is placed on the internal surface of the leased or own premises , on the external surface of a building or construction not higher than the ground floor , or on the floor where the leased or own premises are located , or at the entrance to such premises , is not considered advertisement .
However , the agency underlines the fact that the way of presenting the above information on the pharmacy signboard cannot contain information on prices that can affect the consumer ' s intentions to purchase goods in the pharmacy , and information that may mislead the consumer about the intention of the pharmacy to serve certain social groups of the population .
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