The State Expert Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine joined, on 27-28 November, the annual scientific and practical conference with international participation “Immunology, Allergology, Rheumatology in the World and Ukraine: Modern Realities and Challenges” (“Christmas Readings 2024”) in Lviv, dedicated to the 240th anniversary of Lviv National Medical University.
The Center team involved in the conference in offline and online format includes: Oleksandr Hudzenko, Head of the Agency for Methodological and Scientific-Practical Work, Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Professor, Honored Healthcare Worker; Kostiantyn Kosiachenko, Head of the Health Care Standards Department, Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Pharmacy Organization and Economics at O.O. Bohomolets National Medical University; Taisa Herasymchuk, Director of the Department of Expert Evaluation of Preclinical and Clinical Trial Materials, Candidate of Medical Sciences; Oksana Hulenko, Head of the Division of Medical Care Standardization, Honored Healthcare Worker of Ukraine; Yuliia Malyshevska, Deputy Director of the HTA Department; Iryna Musiienko, Acting Head of the Division for Assessment of Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Medical Technologies of the HTA Department; specialists of the Department of Expert Evaluation of Preclinical and Clinical Trial Materials – Olha Smoliar, Yurii Shemetylo, Tetiana Dmytrakova, Liliia Komar; and Karina Dozhuk, expert of the Division of Clinical Audit of Clinical Trials.
As part of the conference, the Center's team took part in a separate plenary session “Ecosystem of Patient Access to Quality Medical Care,” during which it brought the following issues to the audience's attention:
- the state of clinical trials in Ukraine
- health technology assessment: clinical aspects
- the system of standards of medical care and their implementation in clinical practice.
- professional development, benefits and opportunities of training at the Center.
Center specialists also conducted a certified seminar-training on Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and the regulatory framework for conducting clinical trials, during which they presented current aspects of conducting clinical studies and the regulatory requirements for them in accordance with international standards.
The conference brought together about 200 participants in the halls, and more than 1000 other people joined online. Among them were healthcare managers, medical university lecturers, scientists, heads of healthcare institutions, doctors of all specialties, pharmacists, young scientists, and members of public associations.
As part of the conference, lectures, round tables, symposia, workshops, and discussion clubs were held – up to 100 presentations were delivered in various formats, offline and online.
The Center expresses its gratitude for the invitation and participation to the organizers of the conference – Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, the Shevchenko Scientific Society, the NGO “Lviv Association of Allergologists, Immunologists, Immunorehabilitologists”, and personally to the curator and inspirer of the conference – the highly esteemed Valentyna Chopiak, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Honored Doctor of Ukraine, Corresponding Member of the NAS of Ukraine, Head of the Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergology of Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, full member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society.
