OREANDA-NEWS. November 15, 2011. The network of social pharmacies will be created in rural areas. The corresponding task was set by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov.

At the meeting on quality, safety and availability of medicines in the domestic market, which the Prime Minister held as a result of the development their consultations with NGOs in health care sphere, he has been given a number of assignments ministries, departments and regional authorities.

In particular, they have to make proposals to expand the network of pharmacies in rural areas by building a social network pharmacies based on the basis of public-private partnership. The Government aims to February 1, 2012 to develop and adopt a relevant resolution, which would regulate the work of such pharmacies.

Also it is instructed to determine the required range of socially-oriented domestic production of medicines for pharmacies and for health care settings and limit prices.

It is growing and quality control of imported drugs that are imported into the territory of Ukraine. In particular, the Government has approved an ordinance amending the procedure for state registration (re-registration) of medical products by which provides for mandatory inspection of productions of such medicines.

Mykola Azarov has charged to consider the issue of creation of Center of biomedicine in Ukraine. For this purpose, the Government is ready to provide appropriate expenditures in the draft state budget for 2012.

By June 1, 2012, it is instructed to take measures to prepare the premises for relocation of structural subdivisions of the state institution "Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases L. Gromashevsky behalf."

Moreover, Mykola Azarov has set a target in the short term to work out the issue of establishment of Donetsk Cancer Center.