During the meeting with reps of pharmaceutical business in Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, prime minister of Ukraine, ordered to create a coordination commission to check the fairness of price-setting in pharmaceutical industry. As of now no concept of price-setting apart from vague remarks of the prime minister has been suggested. However, prime minister told that if the price-setting is found unfair the licenses of drug stores will be revoked for good.
The commission will consist of reps of the Tax administration, Anti-monopoly committee, State inspection on price cotrol, and Association of producers of medical products. Source.
The price-setting mechanism for medical products in Ukraine is a question of corruption for a long time, esp. when the government agencies buy drugs at artificially inflated prices. However, back then no questions to price-setting mechanism were asked. Prior to presidential campaign the government played the card of "flu epidemics threatening the nation" and drug-stores became the culprits of deficit and speculation with flu prevention drugs. Following the scandals with drug-stores getting filthy rich speculating on first aid drugs the government continues to develop the story increasing its intervention in and discretionary power over the pharmaceutical business in Ukraine.
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