The promised reduction of medicines in Ukraine turned out to be an illusion: before getting on the list of the Ministry of Health, some drugs have risen significantly, and the rest of the drugs either remained at the same level, or increased even more in price. This was written by economic analyst Yuri Gavrilechko in his blog on Censor. Not on Monday, March 10.

" However, the reality turned out to be slightly different. Firstly, before " somewhat rose in price, and part from the " So, for example, a tonorm, which I sometimes accept from pressure, increased in price from 2022 to 2025 three times (! And... really now fell in price, returning to the price of the beginning of the last year, ”he wrote.

Gavrilechko draws attention to the statistics of prices on the site Tabletki. UA, where a certain pattern is traced. Popular drugs from the list of the Ministry of Health have really become cheaper, but everyone else remained at the same level or rose.

" And... instead of available drugs, Ukrainians again received only a loud PR of the pharmaceutical companies, ”the expert said.

He explained that such a situation has developed due to the very mechanism of " If earlier pharmacies received advertising payments from manufacturers, which allowed them to reduce prices for buyers and compete with each other, now these payments are prohibited.

" However. The superprofits included marketing expenses (! ) (that is, expenses) that manufacturers have already laid in their prices. And when payments were canceled, they just. They did not reduce prices! What experts warned about. No, not pharmaceuticals, economic experts and marketing experts.

In addition, according to him, the lack of receipt of income in the positions for which prices have decreased are compensated due to rising prices for other medicines.

" Therefore, prices, in general, are only rising. As a result, there is a zero effect for the Ukrainians's wallet, ”Gavrilechko explained.

He added that no compensatory mechanisms for either manufacturers or pharmacies in the new control of the pharmaceutical market were proposed. Therefore, players have to look for them and introduce them on their own.

Gavrilechko explained that in the end the winners in this situation will be large pharmaceutical producers. After all, they no longer pay pharmacies for marketing, but they keep prices at the same level.

Also with profits, according to the expert, foreign manufacturers will remain. They will be able to more actively compete with domestic in terms of more expensive positions, thereby somewhat leveling their "

Patients lose in this situation, because the expected relief did not occur - the medicines were both expensive and remain, with the exception of the Ministry of Health defined in the list.

Pharmacies, especially those in villages and small cities without marketing income and with a limited margin, barely keep afloat. Large pharmacy networks, too, according to Gavrilechko, will be forced to compensate for the losses of marketing budgets.

The state will also be in loss, because soon it will have to spend more on compensation for the cost of drugs to socially unprotected segments of the population, because the list of the Ministry of Health does not block all the needs for the drugs.

" That is, a decrease in the price is possible due to tax changes (benefits), a decrease in VAT and excise taxes and customs payments for raw materials for production, the cancellation of " That is, in order to achieve the result by reducing prices for the final consumer, " Simple... work only when the production capacities in the property of the state and it is possible to "

In the meantime, according to the expert, “simple administrative decisions” only clear the road for the profits of large companies and at the same time will contribute to the growth of imports, and Ukrainians remain with new pharmacy checks, where there are several rise in costs for each cheapening..

Recall that from March 1, Ukraine has entered into force a resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers, limiting trade margins for some drugs. The Ministry of Health also published lists of drugs, the prices of which were supposed to be reduced since the beginning of March.

Meanwhile, the media reported that after the regulation of the market in pharmacies, a deficiency of certain drugs appears.

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