New regulations on medical equipment On 6 November 2019, the Ministry of Health and its State Health Care Accreditation Agency approved renewed medical equipment regulations based on EU Regulation 2017/745 and EU Regulation 2017/746. Importantly, some products with no intended medical purpose (e.g. contact lenses that do not affect eyesight, equipment used for cosmetic surgery) […]
Publication / Ieva Andersone, Private: Gunvaldis Leitens
Commercial drug names will no longer appear in hospital records New amendments to Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 265 “Procedures for Keeping Medical Documents” have recently been adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers. The plan is that from 1 January 2020, when providing information on medicines to be used for further treatment, only the active […]
Government initiates bill to cancel pharmacy reform The parliamentary Social Affairs Committee has initiated a bill to cancel pharmacy reform. Although supported by the coalition government, the bill did not pass the first reading in the parliament. As a result, at the present moment uncertainty around pharmacy reform continues. The plan to cancel pharmacy reform […]
Publication / Marina Golovnitskaya, Yauheni Budchanka
Updating list of licensed medical activities Draft amendments to the list of licensed medical activities have been published for public discussion. Discussion was closed on 12 December 2019. As of now, it is unclear whether the amendments will be adopted and, if so, when it will happen. The purpose of the draft amendments is to clarify and […]
