Medicinal chemistry

Patients are finding it increasingly difficult to acquire drugs in the market, and the main reason behind the problems regarding drug supplies is the currency rates, Nurten Saydan, the head of the Employer Pharmacists' Association (TEİS), has said.

On 4th of October, anti-mafia teams entered the Hematological Hospital "John Paul" in Sofia and "St. Mina" in Blagoevgrad because of suspicion for abuse of medicines for treatmenet of cancer patients. Investigators checked how many sick people were admiitted to the hopitals, how many medicines were administered for the day and how many were actually used.

Pharmacies around Attica will be shut on Monday due to the Pentecost holiday but shops will remain open, their respective associations said on Friday. 

According to the Attica Pharmacists Association, only duty pharmacies will be open.

Using the names of real patients included in the program for the new costly treatment of hepatitis C, more than 1 million leva have been stolen in Plovdiv, reports segabg.

Four out of 21 people arrested last week as suspected members of an international racket dealing in medicines, including expensive drugs for cancer treatment, were detained pending trial after appearing before a corruption investigative magistrate on Monday.

An international racket dealing in medicines, including expensive drugs for cancer treatment, cost the Greek state at least 25 million euros, according to Greece's Financial Police, whose officers have detained more than 20 suspects including a 70-year-old Egyptian man believed to be the ringleader.

Officer of Greece's Economic Police have made 21 arrests so far in an ongoing crackdown on a racket dealing in medicines, including expensive cancer treatment drugs, on a European level.

The organization was reportedly run by four key members and comprised hospital doctors, nursing personnel, pharmacists and pharmaceutical supply companies.

A local district government in the heart of Istanbul is using its thermal healing waters as veterinary therapy for injured, paralyzed and diseased stray animals.

A new initiative by the nonprofit organization GIVMED aims to ensure that unused medicines that usually end up in the trash go to people who need them. 

By visiting the site givmed.org, people can donate medicines to one of 120 charities or health institutions of their choice ranging from pharmacies to retirement homes. Collection points are located across Athens. 

The multi-bill to be tabled in Parliament on Tuesday includes news regulations on the operation of pharmacies in Greece.