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,…
On May 30, Lithuania started administering the fourth dose of coronavirus vaccine to the most vulnerable people, with others planned to be offered an extra booster shot toward the autumn, the Health Ministry said. As of May 30, the vaccination is open to all adults with chronic immunosuppressive diseases or other serious immune deficiencies, as…
Lithuania has thrown away some 46,600 coronavirus vaccines after they expired, the Health Ministry has said. Some 36,200 doses were disposed of in April and another 10,400 in May. “So far, we have only disposed of Moderna vaccines due to their expiration date,” Lukas Galkus, an adviser at the Health Ministry, said, adding that there…
Over 100,000 Georgian citizens have purchased drugs imported from Turkey over the two months since the launch of the Government initiative to lower medication costs on the local market by importing products from Turkey, Health Minister Zurab Azarashvili has said. Speaking to MPs in the Minister’s Hour format of the Georgian Parliament, Azarashvili said the…
Half of Lithuania’s medical team is staying in Ukraine for one more week and the rest are returning home after completing their mission, the Health Ministry reports. The situation in Ukraine remains tense, Marius Ciurlionis, an advisor at the ministry, says. “The medical workers themselves willingly agreed to stay, and we are very happy about…