Today, the Minister of Health of Ukraine, Viktor Liashko, introduced the head of the institution to the team of the State Expert Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. In accordance with the order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine dated 2 February 2026, Edem Adamanov was appointed to this position.
Minister Viktor Liashko outlined the key tasks for the Center and its management. Among the priorities: ensuring the transition to a new regulatory model, stabilising reforms, and strengthening transparency and communications.
"Today we face a key task – to ensure the preparation for and transition to the creation of the Ukrainian Pharmaceutical Agency. The State Expert Center must become a platform for professional discussions on the Transition Plan and the basis for forming a new institution, drawing on the professionalism and potential of the team. It is important to preserve and stabilise the achievements of reforms in the pharmaceutical market and to strengthen public trust in the national regulator. The priority is openness and systematic communication, so that not only professionals but also citizens know about the Center's activities. In wartime conditions and amid large-scale challenges, our shared responsibility is to do everything necessary so that on the path to EU membership there are no remarks regarding the implementation of European norms in the pharmaceutical sphere," said the Minister.
In turn, Edem Adamanov thanked the Minister for his trust and outlined key approaches to the further organisation of the Center's work.
"We must always remember that the decisions of the State Expert Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine directly affect the pharmaceutical industry and, most importantly, patient safety. Therefore, it is fundamentally important for me, from the very first days, to hear the team, to speak openly about problems and to find solutions together. The future Ukrainian Pharmaceutical Agency, which is to be established and to begin full-fledged work in 2027 year, is an ambitious goal that I personally believe in. We are competitive, we have many manufacturers, a saturated market and qualified experts. Through joint efforts, we can create a modern regulatory body that will work quickly, efficiently and meet the best European standards," he noted.
Background information
Edem Adamov, prior to his appointment as Director of the SEC, from October 2024 year to January 2026, year served as Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine. In this position, he dealt with issues of finance, economics, centralized procurement, and reconstruction in the healthcare sector.
Before his appointment at the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, he worked in the field of centralized procurement. In 2023-2024 he headed the state enterprise of the MoH "Medical Procurement of Ukraine", and before that, in 2019–2021 and in 2022–2023, he held the position of deputy general director of the same enterprise. Under the leadership of Edem Adamanov, the transformation of the Medical Procurement of Ukraine was carried out, the efficiency of providing healthcare institutions with medical goods was increased, and the use of Prozorro Market tools was expanded.
In 2021–2022 he served as acting director at another centralized procurement organization – the state institution "Professional Procurement".
More details at the link https://www.dec.gov.ua/contact/adamanov-edem-bekirovych/
