The State Expert Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine (the Center) and the National University of Pharmacy (NUPh) signed a memorandum of cooperation aimed at developing cooperation in the educational, scientific, scientific-expert and research fields.
On 8 February 2023, the document was signed by the Director of the Center Mykhailo Babenko and the acting rector of NUPh Alla Kotvitska, with the participation of the Deputy Directors of the Center Yevheniia Ishkova (Tkachenko) and Mykhailo Lobas, as well as the head of the Agency for Methodological and Scientific-Practical Work of the Center Oleksandr Hudzenko.
Under the memorandum, among other things, cooperation is planned in training specialists in new specializations – pharmacovigilance, health technology assessment (HTA, Health Technology Assessment), etc.
Commenting on the signing, Mykhailo Babenko, Director of the Center, noted that the agreement provides for consolidating efforts to improve the qualifications of personnel in the pharmaceutical sector.
“Today there is a tangible need for specialists in pharmacovigilance and health technology assessment. Therefore, it is important to establish cooperation with higher education institutions for high-quality training and to provide the sector with professional personnel. We are glad to offer such cooperation to the National University of Pharmacy – our long-standing and reliable partner. For our part, we are ready to support the training of specialists with practical placements within the walls of the Center,” Mykhailo Babenko stressed.
According to Alla Kotvitska, Acting Rector of the National University of Pharmacy, the National University of Pharmacy is already ready to implement the planned program for training specialists in the areas of work of the State Expert Center.
“We have developed and tested educational programs that can provide the industry with the relevant specialists. By studying the list of activities carried out by the State Expert Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine in the area of medicinal product registration and the development of new approaches to this procedure, we can act as both the methodological and the expert part of these activities,” noted Alla Kotvitska.
According to the acting rector of the National University of Pharmacy, in practice this will mean that, having a basic pharmaceutical education, one will be able to complete a six-month advanced training course and obtain a state-issued certificate in the new specializations.
“We have already developed educational programs and are now waiting for applicants,” said Alla Kotvitska.
We remind you that the National University of Pharmacy (NUPh) is a state higher education institution subordinate to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, located in Kharkiv
