The exports of medicines from Ukraine have been resumed at the level of 80-90%. To facilitate this process, Moldova accepted packing with inscriptions in the Ukrainian language, for the period of the emergency state, the director of the Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (AMDM), Dragos Gutu, informed. According to the AMDM leadership, Ukraine has always…
Around 150 doctors from Ukraine are already working in Lithuanian medical institutions. Most of them are employed as general nurses, dentists and family doctors. Some hospital managers say they could accept even more. Olexandr Voloshyn, who works as a family doctor at Kaunas City Polyclinic, comes from Luhansk region. Most of his patients in Lithuania…
World Health Organization (WHO) has donated to the Ministry of Health a new batch of medicines, medical supplies and disinfectants for managing the refugee crisis in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the ministry, 200,000 bottles of hand hygiene solution, 770 kg of medicines, medical supplies and 900 ampoules of Tocilizumab – an injectable…
Georgian citizens have saved GEL 51 million ($17 million or EUR 16.6 million) since the beginning of imports of affordable medicines from the Turkish market that has caused a reduction of domestic prices, Georgia’s Deputy Health Minister Ilia Ghudushauri has said. The official presented updates on the effects of the imports from the Turkish pharmaceutical…
Estonian pharmacy wholesaler Magnum Grupp has made its largest investment in a decade, albeit for an undisclosed sum, after purchasing Lithuanian chain UAB Apotheca Vaistine. The company will now be the sixth-largest pharmacy chain in the southernmost Baltic State. The purchase brings the total number of pharmacy outlets Magnum operates under its Apotheka brand to…
To reduce patient fees for healthcare services in Latvia, which are some of the highest among EU member states, the Ministry of Health has prepared and submitted for a public discussion a conceptual report on financial accessibility of medicines, the ministry reports. One of the proposals is reducing VAT rate from 21% to 5% in…
As of May 31, Latvia has donated more than 1 million doses of anti-Covid vaccines to third countries, as reported by the National Health Service. The biggest number of vaccines was for Vaxzevria – 452,400 doses. Of this amount Latvia has donated 64,200 doses to Tunisia, 115,000 to Egypt, 80,000 to Benin, 55,200 to Kenya,…