The Ukrainian government plans to oblige pharmacies to always have the cheapest drugs with the most common acting substances. This will expand consumer access to cheap medicines.

Minister of Health of Ukraine Viktor Lyashko stated this on air at the United News telethon.. He stressed that he will present the corresponding initiative on January 24 in the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Health, Medical Care and Medical Insurance.

“So that once a year there will be national auctions on the platform of the Transparent Market trade catalog (conditionally), where we say: there is an active substance with which there are 15-30 drugs from different manufacturers. The cheapest one costs this amount, and we oblige all sub-deliveries of pharmaceutical medicines (in particular, the distributor and pharmacy) to have it in stock,” says Lyashko.

He recalled that pharmacists are already obliged to offer customers in pharmacies the cheapest drug options. Now they want to oblige them to ensure the availability of such drugs.

" We have already established in the basis of legislation that the pharmacist must offer the cheapest medicine with this active substance that is available in Ukraine. Now we are committed to having it in this pharmacy. will be accessible,” noted the head of the Ministry of Health.

Lyashko recalled that in the framework of the Winter Support program, residents of remote villages and front -line regions can receive medicines through Ukrposhta free of charge. To order medications, you need to have an electronic prescription and call the hotline. Thus you can order:.

But some medicines cannot be ordered by mail. In particular, insulins, psychotropic, narcotic, medical immunobiological drugs, as well as potent poisonous drugs are not covered by the program..