Starting from August 1, 2017 UzMedExport, a state owned company will be entitled to import and medical products included in the list of socially significant medicines without holding tenders, based on direct contracts.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Monday signed a Additional Measures To Improve The System Of Providing People With Medicines and Medical Products Resolution.
The document notes that the National Commission for Control over the Provision of Medical Facilities and Population with Medicines and Medical Products will approve the prices of purchased medicines.
UzMedExport shall ensure the supply of medicines and medical products included in the List of Socially Significant Medicinal Products and Medical Products, according to an additional demand that emerged in the second half of 2017.
The Head of State instructed to develop measures to set up a chain of social pharmacies in an intent to raise affordability of socially important medicines and medical products, where they will be sold at fixed prices.
The President has granted UzMedExport the right to engage agents for supply of medicines and medical products on a contract.
State’s certification bodies accredited by Uzstandard shall carry out certification of medical products, the resolution says.
The President of Uzbekistan ordered the pharmacies to re-obtain license for retail sale of medicines and medical products until January 1, 2018.
The head of Uzbekistan instructed in a month's time to make proposals on improving the procedure for setting fixed wholesale and retail prices for trade names for medicines and medical products included in the list of socially significant medicines, providing for minimizing the impact of exchange rate changes to fixed prices.
