The AMCU has fined the pharmaceutical distributor “Optima-Pharm, Ltd” over 7 million hryvnias: here are the reasons
15 May 09:37
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) has once again fined a pharmaceutical distributor—the Ukrainian-Estonian joint venture Optima-Farm, Ltd.—7.094 million hryvnia. According to the AMCU, the committee adopted the relevant decision at a meeting on Thursday, May 14, reports "Komersant Ukrainian".
As noted, during an investigation into compliance by participants in the pharmaceutical market with legislation on the protection of economic competition in May 2025, the Committee sent a request for information to the joint venture Optima-Pharm, Ltd. However, in response, the company provided incomplete information.
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Providing incomplete information in response to a request from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine constitutes a violation of legislation on the protection of economic competition. Therefore, the AMCU fined Optima-Pharm, Ltd.
It should be noted that in December 2025, following a lawsuit filed by the Antimonopoly Committee, the enforcement service initiated enforcement proceedings to collect a debt from the pharmaceutical distributor BaDM LLC, and in April of this year—against the joint venture Optima-Pharm, Ltd. (Kyiv), which are the largest pharmaceutical distributors in Ukraine.
In July 2025, the AMCU fined “BaDM” and “Optima-Pharm, LTD” for violating competition law for a total amount of over 4.8 billion UAH (2.374 billion UAH for “BaDM” and 2.432 billion UAH for “Optima-Pharm, LTD”).
Later, in October, the AMCU decided not to suspend its decision regarding “BaDM” and “Optima-Pharm, LTD,” which had challenged the committee’s decision in court.
Meanwhile, on November 18, Russian troops once again shelled Optima-Pharm’s warehouses; the company’s warehouse building in Dnipro was completely destroyed. Earlier, on October 25, Optima-Pharm’s warehouse complex and office in Kyiv were damaged by shelling, with losses estimated at $100 million; on August 28, another Kyiv warehouse belonging to the distributor was destroyed.
As reported to Interfax-Ukraine by the AMCU, the committee currently has no information that fines totaling nearly 4.807 billion UAH against the two largest pharmaceutical distributors, BaDM LLC and Optima-Pharm, Ltd. Joint Venture, have been collected following the committee’s lawsuit.
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