On 07-08 December, specialists of the Center completed training on the quality of medicinal products in Ukraine – the knowledge gained will help further implementation of EU regulatory legal acts and standards in the pharmaceutical sector.
Specialists of the State Expert Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, at the invitation of the State Service of Ukraine on Medicines and Drugs Control, jointly took part in an in-depth two-day online TAIEX workshop. The event was initiated within the framework of the TAIEX external assistance instrument for Ukraine with the aim of building institutional capacity and adapting national legislation to the acquis communautaire.
The training was aimed at an in-depth study of the EU regulatory framework on:
- blood, its components, and preparations made from blood
- blood and blood product safety systems
- medical devices
- measures to control narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors .
Approximately 20 participants from the Center completed the training, among them specialists:
- to the Department of Pharmaceutical Activity
- Department for Expert Evaluation of Preclinical and Clinical Trial Materials for Medicinal Products
- Division for Expert Evaluation of Blood Products and Vaccines
- Sector of Expert Evaluation of Medicinal Products that are an integral part of medical devices
- Laboratories for Quality Control of Medical Immunobiological Preparations
- of the Pharmaceutical Analysis Laboratory.
The course was taught by Lorenzo Montrasio, Senior Program Manager of the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) and national seconded expert at the Council of Europe, and Suzana Oštarčević, Head of Department at the Croatian Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices (HALMED).
