Agenda:

The Meeting titled Reforming the Ukrainian Healthcare System: First Steps to Be Taken provided a platform for discussion regarding priority steps to be taken in reforming the national healthcare system. It was aimed at sharing the best international practices based on British and Canadian experience.

Agenda included the following presentations by noted speakers:

Presentation “Healthcare Challenges for Ukraine” by Dr. Richard Styles, M.D. Family Physician, American Medical Centers.

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Presentation “Canadian and Ukrainian Healthcare Systems. Impressions, Comparisons, and Reflections” (based on MIM-Kyiv MBA Program in Healthcare Management internship in Canada) by Ms. Nataliya Dankovych, Director, “Neomed” Reproductive Medicine Center and Ms. Marianna Azarskova, Laboratory Director, ”Eurolab” Clinic

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 Presentation “Healthcare System Reform: Challenge, Path, Steps” by Mr. Myroslaw Kohut, Visiting Professor, MBA Program in Healthcare Management, International Management Institute (MIM-Kyiv).

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 The participants discussed a necessity of development of primary healthcare and the institution of family doctors in Ukraine as well as expressed their views on the challenges of electronic health information technologies introduction.

Agenda:

The Meeting was devoted to discussion of business climate in Ukraine, in particular IPR issues in pharmaceutical sector, with a participation of a distinguished guest Mrs. Christine Lucyk, a Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of Commerce Ukraine desk.

The vision of the Further Development of Pharma-Business in Ukraine was jointly developed and presented by APRAD and Chamber Healthcare Committee Leadership. 

Mr. Sergiy Kalashnyk, Country Manager of Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, Eli Lilly Vostok S.A., Mr. Borys Danevych, Partner, Paritet Law Firm, and Mr. Yuriy Savko, Executive Director, APRAD, focused on the following issues: a need of a new Laws on Medicines, on State Medical Insurance and on Products of Medical Purpose; a necessity of re-shaping of IPR protection system and a specialized training for judges aiming to improve their knowledge of IPR cases; introduction of a state medical insurance system and implementation of a workable reimbursement model.

Especially, the speakers have emphasized that VAT for medicines should be introduced only after the establishment of a state medical insurance/reimbursement, but not before it.

As a result of the Meeting, Mrs. Christine Lucyk, a Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of Commerce Ukraine desk, has expressed a readiness for further cooperation, in particular on the regional level, and unveiled plans of further technical assistance to Ukraine in terms of IPR protection issues in pharmaceutical and other sectors of economy.

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