Potential changes in Lithuanian pharmaceutical industry: state owned pharmacies are coming on to the market On 27 March 2019, the Lithuanian Cabinet of Ministers approved Resolution No XIIIP-1939 drafted by the Ministry of Health (in Lithuanian), which proposes expanding the functions of state owned health care institutions. The Government of Lithuania has approved an amendment […]
Amendments adopted to increase availability of medicines On 16 July 2019 Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No 899 of 31 October 2006 “Procedure for reimbursement of reimbursable medicines and medical devices” (in Latvian) was amended. The amendments (in Latvian) are claimed to be a major improvement in the availability of medicines, for example reducing patient co-payments […]
Estonia and Portugal agree to mutually recognise electronic prescriptions Estonia and Portugal signed an agreement on mutual recognition of electronic prescriptions by the end of 2019. The agreement was signed on 16 April 2019 by the Estonian minister of entrepreneurship and information technology and the Portuguese minister of health. Now both Estonia and Portugal will […]
Publication / Marina Golovnitskaya,
Potential amendments to the Law on Pharmaceuticals The Ministry of Healthcare has prepared a draft Law of the Republic of Belarus “On Сirculation of Pharmaceuticals” (in Russian) and published it along with additional information addressing key changes (in Russian) for public discussion (ended on 31 March 2019). The draft Law is a new version of […]
Publication / Augustas Klezys, Laura Matukaitytė, Lina Ragainytė-Mezenė
A new concept of the “specialised bank” was introduced into Lithuanian law on 1 January 2017. Although initially designated for implementing reform in the credit union sector, in practice this regulation serves as a basis for developing a more favourable regulatory environment for local and foreign non-banking financial companies seeking to extend the scale of […]
