Patients' access to innovative medicines expanded: President Zelenskyy signed law
Kyiv • UNN
The President of Ukraine signed Law No. 4472-IX, which allows financing the procurement of innovative medicines from local budgets and medical institutions' funds. This will expand patients' access to treatment, especially those with orphan diseases.
The document paves the way for financing procurement from local budgets and medical institutions' funds, in addition to state budget opportunities.
UNN writes with reference to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine portal.
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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a Law aimed at expanding patient access to innovative medicines through managed access agreements (No. 4472-IX).
The document provides for the possibility of financing such procurements not only from the state budget but also from local budgets and medical institutions' funds. This will allow more patients, including those with orphan diseases, to receive treatment.
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