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Medexpress message summary - October 19, 2022
Published Oct. 19, 2022 10:31
The Ministry of Health has published the Draft announcement of the Minister of Health on the list of reimbursed drugs, foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses and medical devices, which will come into force on November 1, 2022. Until now, comments to the draft can be submitted in an electronic version only to the e-mail address : [email protected] .
The Journal of Laws of the Ministry of Health published an announcement on the list of medicinal products, foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses and medical devices at risk of unavailability in the territory of the Republic of Poland. Yesterday, the Ministry of Health also took a position on the shortages of some medications reported for several weeks, including by pharmacists. During the press conference, Deputy Minister of Health Maciej Miłkowski argued that the ministry and the pharmaceutical inspection were constantly monitoring the situation. He also announced that "soon" doctors will receive a tool to track the availability of drugs - they will be able to do it using the salon.gov.pl application.
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