OREANDA-NEWS.  October 02, 2012. Analysis of the pharmaceutical market shows that today patients and doctors in Ukraine prefer medicines of domestic production. This was stated by Chairman of the State Service of Ukraine on drugs Oleksiy Soloviyev during a round table with representatives of the Government and local pharmacists.

According to him, the amount of the pharmaceutical market of Ukraine in the first half of 2012 amounted to 14 billion UAH. During this period 663 million packs of medicines sold in Ukraine, 70% of them - drugs of domestic production.

"This trend has continued past 5-6 years. The patient and the doctor have long preferred drug domestic production only for one reason: domestic production of medicines such as effective, safe and quality as their foreign counterparts, but are much cheaper. Average price of foreign-made drugs at the moment is 40 UAH and the price of domestic - 12 UAH"- the head Chairman of the State Service of Ukraine on drugs said. He added that it enables the patient to save their money, which he spends on treatment.