The State Service of Ukraine on Medicines and Drugs Control is the central executive authority whose activities are directed and coordinated by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine through the Minister of Health of Ukraine. The State Service of Ukraine on Medicines and Drugs Control was formed to ensure implementation of the state policy in the sphere of quality control and safety of medicines, including medical immunobiological medicines, medical equipment and medical products as well as circulation of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors, counteractions to their illicit trafficking.
According to the Regulation on the State Service of Ukraine on Medicines and Drugs Control approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated 12.08.2015 No. 647, the main tasks of the State Service are:
- implementation of the State policy in the sphere of monitoring of the quality and safety of medicines, medical products and circulation of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors, counteractions to their illicit trafficking and submitting proposals to the Minister of Health concerning the state policy development in the abovementioned sphere;
- licensing of economic activity on production of medicines, import of medicines (except active pharmaceutical ingredients), wholesale and retail trade of medicinal products, narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors;
- technical regulation in the identified areas;
- licensing of economic activities related to the donor blood and blood components collection and testing, regardless of their final destination, processing, storage, distribution and realization of donor blood and blood components intended for transfusion;
- implementation of the State regulation and control in the sphere of narcotic drugs circulation, psychotropic substances and their precursors, combating their illicit trafficking;
- implementation of the state policy in the blood and blood components donation, blood system functioning, conducting inspections of the blood system entities' activity conditions that are engaged in the blood donation, processing, testing, storage, distribution and realization of donated blood and blood components to the good manufacturing practice requirements.
The vision of the State Service of Ukraine on Medicines and Drugs Control is an effective, efficient and coordinated system of quality control and safety of medicines, including medical immunobiological products, medical equipment and medical devices, and circulation of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors, combating their illicit trafficking, which is free from corruption, fully complies with EU standards and best practices, is a leader in innovation and actively influences the future of Ukrainian society and the state.