Drug safety in Belarus under special control: drugs available, prices affordable

The pharmacy chains have also been obliged by law to work. Some of them came to the attention of the Ministry of Health this week due to the unreasonable overpricing of the imported drugs. This data, without giving any specifics, was shared by Deputy Minister of Health Dmitry Cherednichenko. This situation is under constant scrutiny, and not only by the relevant department. The networks are given an opportunity to correct errors.

In general, the drug safety in Belarus is now under special control. In a world, where there is no stability and sanctions appetite grows in proportion to geopolitical ambitions, it is important to have a safety cushion, especially in such sensitive areas, where a shortage of the right drug can cost someone's life. We are in the clinic, where each patient needs special medications, both for diagnostics and for treatment.

But the Belarusians were taught to always have an alternative on hand, back in the first wave of the pandemic, when all the countries were pulling the plug on pharmaceuticals. Our oncologists figured out all the possible moves here as well.

We sell half of our products for export. This year we also have a number of registration drugs that are under registration. We hope that this year we will add at least four or five names of drugs to our product line.

We have only headaches from imported substances. Logistics has become more complicated. If before it used to take eight days to deliver them to Belarus, now manufacturers can wait for more than half a month.