Upharmacia February 2017
REGULATORY UPDATES
The Possibility of Exempting Some Medicinal Products and Medical Devices From VAT Considered
On Feb 1 , 2017 , draft law “ On Amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine regarding the Abolition of Value Added Tax on the Domestic Medicinal Products Sale and Supply within the Territory of Ukraine ” ( hereinafter - the " Draft ") was registered with the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine under No . 6012 .
The Draft provides for changes in the Transitional Provisions of the Tax Code of Ukraine , introducing temporary exemption until Dec 31 , 2018 of the following categories of transactions from the VAT : —— sale and supply within the territory of Ukraine of domestic medicinal products registered with the State Register of Medicinal Products ;
—— sale and supply within the territory of Ukraine of medical devices registered with the State Register of Medical Equipment and Medical Products , and / or put into circulation in compliance with the legislation in the area of technical regulations and conformity assessment .
The procedure for the sale of such medicinal products and
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medical devices exempt from VAT should be developed by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine within a month . Thus , as a result of adoption of the Draft , only a part of medicinal products will be exempt from 7 % VAT , namely domestic medicinal products registered with the State Register of Medicinal Products .
HEALTHCARE NEWS
Reforming of Emergency Medicine Will Take 5 Years
Reforming of emergency medicine ( EM ) will take 5 years , the acting Minister of Healthcare of Ukraine Ulana Suprun said . Within the reformation , doctors and feldshers will be reprofiled into paramedics . The training of a paramedic is to take 3 years : theoretical training – 2 years , internship in ambulance team – 1 year .
According to Mrs . Suprun , changes in EM system will not lead to dismissal of doctors or reduction in the number ambulances . In addition , the reform of the EM provides equipment of ambulances with modern facilities , providing of needed medicines , establishment emergency conditions offices in hospitals , changes in the dispatching system .
The MOH Presented Plan for Reforms in 2017-2020
Deputy Minister of Healthcare Pavlo Kovtoniuk presented the Plan for key changes , which will take place in medical sphere in 2017-2020 . The Plan provides 9 main directions , each of them envisages the development and adoption of regulatory acts as well as implementation of practical steps . All of the initiatives are scheduled to start in 2017 .
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