Yesterday, the Cabinet of Ministers included the pharmaceutical industry in the list of priority sectors of the economy, thereby strengthening state support in this area. Since the beginning of the war, the main pharmaceutical companies in Ukraine have generally maintained their production capacities, while several enterprises suffered as a result of Russian strikes, in particular, in March, the warehouses of the Farmak pharmaceutical plant burned down in Makarov, Kyiv region. The damage then, according to the enterprise, amounted to about 1.5 billion hryvnia.
How important is state support for pharmaceutical manufacturers now, and will the industry be able to provide Ukrainians with medicines in full? Igor Stakovichenko, an expert in the field of economics, answered these and other questions for the Open4business portal.
In his opinion, now the production of medicines should be equated by the state with the provision of the army, since in a warring state medicine is one of the foundations of a stable situation at the front and in the rear.
“It is hard to imagine that the army will be able to fight effectively if it is not provided with high-level medical support. At the same time, the production of its own medications is strategically important for the state. Supplies from Western partners are good, but having your own working pharmaceutical industry in such a difficult time is much better And this is understood in the government,” Igor Stakovichenko believes.
According to the expert, pharmaceutical production in Ukraine today is able to provide both the army and the population with a significant part of the necessary medicines. Igor Stakovichenko believes that the government’s timely decisions taken since the beginning of the war made it possible to quickly adapt the industry to new conditions.
“In particular, back in the spring, amendments were adopted to the law “On Medicines”, limiting the export of certain vital drugs. In addition, they significantly simplified the registration of pharmaceuticals during the war, creating an emergency procedure. This was done literally on the third day. In general, the government’s decision on The inclusion of pharmaceutical production in the list of priority industries is a continuation of the policy of supporting the industry, which has been outlined since the beginning of the war. Such support should remain at the level of the main state priorities,” stressed Igor Stakovichenko.
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The State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection has started to monitor prices daily for a number of socially important food products, medical products and fuel, according to the website of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Wednesday.
“State supervision (control) during martial law in Ukraine will be carried out only to curb the rise in prices for socially significant products, guaranteeing their availability to the population and in the presence of a threat that has a significant negative impact on the rights, legitimate interests, life and health of a person,” the government said.
The list of food products for monitoring includes wheat flour, pasta, loaf, bread, buckwheat and oatmeal, pork, beef, poultry (chicken carcasses), milk, butter and sunflower oil, sour cream, chicken eggs, crystalline sugar, white cabbage, onions, beets, carrots, potatoes.
From non-food products, the list includes 96% ethanol, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial drugs, A-92 and A-95 gasoline, diesel fuel, liquefied gas for cars.
The Cabinet of Ministers in resolution No. 303 of March 13 stopped conducting state control and market supervision of prices for these goods, introduced in January of this year, however, the State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection took up daily monitoring of prices for them from March 22.
“According to the data provided by the monitoring, since March 14, logistics has been established in many enterprises in almost all regions of Ukraine, which improved the situation with the assortment of goods, and also made it possible to reduce prices for the grocery group of goods, bakery products, some dairy clear products, as well as fuel,” the government said in a statement.
In addition, the State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection called on businesses to prevent unreasonable price increases for goods with significant social significance for the population during martial law in Ukraine.
Almost 1,900 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases were recorded in Ukraine as of Monday morning, the Ukrainian Health Ministry press service said.
More than 4,500 people have recovered and 133 have died, the press service said.
“A total of 1,864 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Ukraine on December 26 (including 138 children and 12 healthcare workers); 29,476 people were vaccinated against coronavirus. The first dose was administered to 8,776 people, 20,434 people received the second dose, 88 people received an additional dose, and 178 people received booster shots. A total of 1,053 people were hospitalized in the past 24 hours; 133 people died; 4,527 people recovered,” the country’s Health Ministry said on Telegram.
A total of 3.647 million people have contracted COVID-19, some 3.433 million people have recovered, and 94,971 people have died of COVID-19 in Ukraine since the start of the pandemic.
A total of 14.593 million people have been vaccinated since the start of the vaccination campaign. 1,900 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases were recorded in Ukraine as of Monday morning, the Ukrainian Health Ministry press service said.
More than 4,500 people have recovered and 133 have died, the press service said.
“A total of 1,864 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Ukraine on December 26 (including 138 children and 12 healthcare workers); 29,476 people were vaccinated against coronavirus. The first dose was administered to 8,776 people, 20,434 people received the second dose, 88 people received an additional dose, and 178 people received booster shots. A total of 1,053 people were hospitalized in the past 24 hours; 133 people died; 4,527 people recovered,” the country’s Health Ministry said on Telegram.
A total of 3.647 million people have contracted COVID-19, some 3.433 million people have recovered, and 94,971 people have died of COVID-19 in Ukraine since the start of the pandemic.
A total of 14.593 million people have been vaccinated since the start of the vaccination campaign.
Ukraine has registered 6,029 new cases of COVID-19 and 346 related deaths in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
“Over the past day, December 20, Ukraine recorded 6,029 new cases of COVID-19 (including 390 children and 180 medical workers). In the past 24 hours, 1,061 persons have been hospitalized, 346 have died, and 18,850 have recovered,” the ministry said on Telegram.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Ukraine has seen a total of 3.617 million coronavirus cases, including 3.357 million recoveries and 93,608 deaths.
The Adonis medical group at the Podil branch in Kyiv has implemented a knopka system to control the safety of patients.
According to a press release from Adonis, the knopka system is a Ukrainian technology startup that has proven its effectiveness in a number of state-owned clinics, including in the COVID-19 wards for critically ill patients, where there is a high workload on staff.
At the Adonis clinic in Podil, the first stage of the system has been launched, which allows tracking the work of nurses. The launch of the second phase will make it possible to make not only hospital beds and toilets safe for patients, but also any point in the hospital.
“The system will check the arrival of a medical team where the patient may feel bad – from wards to doctors’ offices in the clinic. Thus, the clinic plans to comply with the international safety standard under the Code Blue,” the medical group said.
As explained, the knopka system receives signals from buttons that are accessible to patients in the clinic and generates messages to the phone, which are received by nurses and doctors. Thus, doctors identify the patient and where he is. In addition, the system checks if the medical staff was at the patient’s bed in no more than 2-3 minutes.
If a MAWI sensor is connected to the patient, which monitors the pulse, pressure, body position in space, saturation and other indicators in real time and if the indicators become critical, the system notifies the medical staff and generates messages of the highest priority. The medical team will be in the ward in no more than 1-2 minutes.
Adonis is a network of private medical centers for adults and children.
The private clinic Adonis was founded over 20 years ago. Its network includes 12 branches in Kyiv city and the region, including two of its own maternity hospitals and a stem cell laboratory.
In the branches of the clinic, doctors from 66 medical areas receive patients.
Ukraine has registered 8,899 new cases of COVID-19, as well as 21,650 recoveries and 328 deaths in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Health Ministry said on Friday.
“Over the past day, December 16, Ukraine has recorded 8,899 new cases of COVID-19 (including 779 children and 98 medical workers), while 132,991 people have been vaccinated for COVID-19, among them 43,939 people who received their first shot of a vaccine, 89,038 who completed their vaccination, and 14 people who received booster shots. In the past 24 hours, 2.028 persons have been hospitalized, 328 have died, and 21,650 have recovered,” the ministry said on Telegram.
As of this date, 46.1% of Ukrainian adults have received at least one shot of a coronavirus vaccine, while 41.3% of the adult population have completed their vaccination, the ministry said.
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, Ukraine has seen a total of 3,597,046 cases of COVID-19, including 3,306,465 recoveries and 92,641 deaths.
