Ukraine has banned advertising of OTC medicine, the order of the Health Ministry from August 17 "On approval of the list of drugs that are prohibited to advertising and be sold without prescription" said.
The list includes addictive drugs containing narcotic and psychotropic substances for the treatment of children under the age of 12 years, as well as during pregnancy and lactation.
The list also includes drugs to treat tuberculosis, veneral diseases, extremely dangerous infectious diseases, HIV / AIDS, cancer, chronic insomnia, diabetes, fatness and impotency.
From the date of entry into force of this order, the State register of medicines in Ukraine along with other information on registered medicines will include information about its belonging to drugs with prohibited advertising. The information will be available for the subjects of the pharmaceutical market and for the interested people on the official website of the state register of medicines in Ukraine.
