“17 September 2018, representatives of the State Enterprise "State Expert Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine" (Deputy Director for Clinical Affairs L.I. Kovtun, Deputy Director for Registration and Pharmacovigilance N.V. Sholoiko, Head of the Department for Expert Evaluation of Bioequivalence Materials N.O. Zhukova) took part in a meeting within the framework of the state project "Safe and Affordable Medicines" (SAFEMed).
The meeting was organized jointly with international consultant Dr.Werner Gielsdorf, Deputy Director of the “Safe and Affordable Medicines” project Ninel Kadyrova, and Senior Technical Advisor on medicine financing of the SAFEMed project Ivan Loboda.
The “Safe and Affordable Medicines” project began in Ukraine in 2018 within the framework of cooperation between the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The project provides technical assistance to the Government of Ukraine in implementing innovative international experience in healthcare reform, in particular improving patient access to safe and effective medicinal products and supporting the reform of primary care financing, public health and the integration of components of the electronic healthcare system.
The activities of the State Enterprise “State Expert Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine” are aimed at improving and developing approaches to the evaluation of medicinal products in order to provide the population of Ukraine with high-quality, safe, and effective medicinal products.”
