Pharmaceutical drug

The Pharmacists Association on Thursday described as “illegal” a pilot scheme launched by the post office (ELTA), which allows customers to order medicines and have them delivered from pharmacies to their homes for 3 euros.

The pharmacists claim the law allows drugs to only be dispensed in pharmacies.

Health officials in Greece are considering removing a prescriptions ceiling imposed on all public healthcare doctors if they are able to ensure that at least 60 percent of the drugs they prescribe are generic.

BELGRADE - The Medicines and Medical Devices Agency of Serbia (ALIMS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and cooperation with the Federal Service for Supervision of Healthcare of the Russian Federation (Roszdravnadzor) on Friday.

Doctors who work with Greece’s main public healthcare provider, EOPYY, will from now on face strict cost limits on the drugs they can prescribe to each patient.

A ministerial decision published in the Government Gazette this week sets ceilings for each EOPYY doctor depending on his or her specialization, which part of the country he or she practices in and the month.

There will be a trial liberalization of prices for over-the-counter medicines and if it is successful, the drugs will not have to be sold in any stores other than pharmacies, Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis said on Thursday.