Since the beginning of 2024, medicines produced in India have accounted for 8.3% of the total volume of medicines imported to Ukraine.
The State Service for Medicinal Products and Drug Control (Goslexluzhba) informed Interfax-Ukraine that since the beginning of 2024, 3213 series (32824807 packages) from 65 Indian pharmaceutical manufacturers have been submitted for state quality control, which makes up 8.3% of the total volume of medicines imported to Ukraine.
At the same time during 2022-2023 10924 series of medicinal products manufactured in India were submitted for state quality control, including 4715 in 2022 and 6209 in 2023, which is 54705914 and 51309132 packages respectively.
In addition, the State Service of Medicinal Products with reference to the data of the State Register of Medicinal Products reported that since the beginning of 2024 Indian pharmaceutical manufacturers have registered in Ukraine a little more than 100 drugs (excluding active pharmaceutical ingredients, API – IF-U), currently in Ukraine are registered 1999 drugs manufactured in India, in 2023 in Ukraine were registered 1895 Indian drugs, in 2022 – 1709, in 2021 – 1472, in 2020 – 1165.
Thus, the dynamics of registration of Indian medicinal products in Ukraine over the last five years is slowing down: if the number of registered medicinal products manufactured in India in 2021 was 26.2% higher than a year earlier, then at the end of 2023 – only by 10.9%.
