SAFEMED continues to work for legislation strengthening patient access to effective, high-quality, modern and safe medicines

After several years of preparation, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the new Law of Ukraine "On Medicinal Products" on July 28. The Law is designed to improve patient access to effective, high-quality, modern and safe medicines, and ensure a complete overhaul of the sphere of circulation of medicines in Ukraine based on best practices of international institutions and foreign states. The law comprehensively considers the provisions of European Union acts, specifically Directive No. 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use. SAFEMed, with the support of its local partner Legal Alliance, worked on key elements of the new legislation. These included updating all terminology, defining the NEML as a single positive list for public procurement, creating new principles for dispensing prescribed medicines, and introducing a national system of verification of medicines.

The implementation of most provisions of the law will require time, hence it will come into force 30 (for some rules, 60) months after the end of martial law.