Ukrainian Council protect the rights and safety of patients suggests that the Government of Ukraine to suspend the ban on the return of drugs to pharmacies

"We have a proposal to the Cabinet to suspend the decision of the impossibility to return to drugs that have been imposed. That is, if the pharmacist will know that boxes of medicines can be returned, they will not offer second-third-fifth and fifty-pack ", - said chairman of Victor Serdyuk.

Such an initiative, he explained the emergence of agitation in patients due to the entry from the 1st March 2013 the rules on licensing of imports of pharmaceuticals. "Because it will be the same as with the" Tamiflu", when people dial the next six months, and then the flu is not, and does not need medication (during the influenza epidemic in the autumn of 2009 - Ed.)", - Said Serdyuk.

He claims that Ukraine imported enough of imported drugs. According to him, lack of drugs, with effect on the licensing standards will be.

The law "On amendments to some Ukrainian laws on import licensing of medicines and the definition of" active pharmaceutical ingredient "was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of July 4, 2012. The Act defines "active pharmaceutical ingredient" that is, increases the demands on the quality of drugs, which sell the Ukrainians, and March 1, 2013 introduces a responsible approach to the import of medicines - licensing.

February 4 Health Minister Raisa Bohatyryova proposed to postpone the introduction of rules on licensing of imported medicines.

A number of NGOs have demanded repeal of patients with normal licensing the import of drugs, which comes into force on 1 March 2013, and to develop an alternative bill with their participation.