Experts to Begin to Develop Model Law on Medical Supplies in CIS Member Nations

On 30 June in Minsk, the Secretariat of the Council of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly together with the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the Russian Academy of Sciences and the international organization Eurasian Cooperation on Clinical Guidelines and Development of National Health with the support of the CIS Executive Committee will hold the first expert session on the development of the Model Law on Medical Supplies in the CIS Member Nations. The development of the draft model law is carried out in accordance with the Long-term Plan of Model Law-Making in the CIS for 2023–2025.

Due to the particular socio-economic importance of the mentioned Model Law, representatives of the CIS parliaments, the IPA CIS Expert Advisory Board on Public Health, relevant international organizations and academia will take part in special sessions to discuss and present national expert opinions on the most important aspects of medical supplies. Representatives of relevant ministries and departments of the CIS Member Nations, national academies of sciences, international organizations, medical organizations, insurance and pharmaceutical companies, national professional associations and medical communities, as well as patient communities of the region have been invited as experts to the session.

The topic of the first expert session is Effectiveness and Availability of Medicines: from Evidence-Based Technology to Patient.