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 […]
Belarus: will it be possible to apply for international trademark registration in Russian? WIPO: positive The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has approved inclusion of Russian in the list of languages for filing applications for international protection of trademarks and designs. At the moment only English, French and Spanish are included in this list and […]