Prices for more than 100 more medicines to be reduced in Ukraine: list
26 February 2025 11:48
The Ministry of Health has agreed with domestic producers to reduce prices for more than 100 drugs starting in March. According to the Ministry of Health, these are drugs that are not among the top 100 most popular medicines,
The list is based on proposals submitted by 13 other manufacturers:
- “Pharma Start” (Acino),
- “Valartin Pharma,
- “Astrapharm, Inc,
- “Biopharma Plasma,
- “Infusion,
- pharmaceutical Firm “Zdorovye”,
- viola pharmaceutical company,
- JSC Lekhim,
- PJSC “Technolog”,
- Microkhim, LLC,
- “Novopharm-Biosynthesis, Inc,
- “Ternopharm,
- “Lubnyfarm, and
- “Farmatrade.
The medicines include painkillers, sorbents, antacids, human immunoglobulins, antibiotics, anesthetics, antiepileptic drugs, antitussives, antipyretics, drugs used to regulate blood pressure, vitamins and trace elements.
Most of the drugs, more than 70 items, are included in the National List of Medicines. Another 35 are prescription drugs that can only be purchased with a doctor’s prescription.
When will the price reduction take effect?
According to the Ministry of Health, pharmaceutical companies will start reducing selling prices in March 2025. This became possible due to the agreements reached during a meeting between Health Minister Viktor Lyashko and representatives of Ukrainian pharmaceutical manufacturers.
The meeting agreed on a step-by-step plan to further reduce prices for medicines not included in the top 100 list. In particular, the manufacturers have developed and submitted to the Ministry a list of medicines whose prices can be reduced for the end consumer.
What else has the government done to reduce drug prices?
After the meeting of the National Security and Defense Council on February 12, the government launched a number of regulatory measures:
- Setting clear markups for all medicines.
- Prohibition of marketing payments until the introduction of reference pricing.
- Resumption of inspections of pharmacy chains to control prices.
In addition, the Verkhovna Rada adopted in the second reading amendments to the Law “On Medicines” that introduce mandatory reference pricing and the creation of a National Price Catalog. The document has now been submitted to the President of Ukraine for signature.
As a reminder, on February 19, the Ministry of Health already published a list of medicines that are to become cheaper after March 1.
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The manufacturers will reduce their selling prices starting from March 2025.
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