Statement from AUMM Association in support of initiative of President of Ukraine

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To the President of Ukraine, Mr. Volodymyr Zelensky

To the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Mr. Denys Shmyhal

To the Minister of Health of Ukraine, Mr. Viktor Lyashko

Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Health, Medical Assistance and Medical Insurance

Mr. Mykhailo RADUTSKY

Head of the State Regulatory Service of Ukraine Mr. Oleksiy KUCHER

Chairman of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine Mr. Pavlo KYRYLENKO

Support for the state initiative and commitments of manufacturers

Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers of Ukraine (hereinafter referred to as “AUMM”) and the Association of Employers' Organizations of the Medical and Microbiological Industry of Ukraine (hereinafter referred to as “OORMMP of Ukraine”), which unite more than 100 domestic pharmaceutical companies for the development of the market, improvement of the regulatory environment, and ensuring access to quality medicines for Ukrainians, express their respect and appeal with the following.

Leading domestic pharmaceutical manufacturers signed on February 7, 2025, the “Declaration on Cooperation of Leading Domestic Pharmaceutical Manufacturers to Reduce and Stabilize Prices for Medicines” (hereinafter referred to as the “Declaration”), in which they expressed solidarity with the state's position on the need for systemic reform of the pharmaceutical industry and support the initiative to reduce prices for medicines for end consumers.

In support of the initiative of the President of Ukraine and the Government to ensure the availability of medicines for Ukrainian citizens, 32 (thirty-two) leading domestic manufacturers of medicines reduced the selling prices of 303 (three hundred and three) of the most commonly used medicines sold and available in