Compounding pharmacy regulations: experience of the Latvian pharmaceutical market
https://doi.org/10.17749/2070-4909/farmakoekonomika.2024.189
Abstract
The article aims to examine technological, organizational and regulatory aspects of drug quality and safety assurance system, as well as peculiarities in civil circulation of extemporaneous drugs in Latvian pharmaceutical market to improve approaches for statutory regulation of this special and socially significant type of activity of pharmaceutical organizations. This work continues a series of articles about compounding pharmacy practice in different world healthcare systems.
About the Authors
D. D. MamedovRussian Federation
Devi D. Mamedov – Junior Researcher, Laboratory of Regulatory Relations and Good Practices.
14 lit. A Professor Popov Str., Saint Petersburg 197022
D. S. Yurochkin
Russian Federation
Dmitriy S. Yurochkin – Researcher, Laboratory of Regulatory Relations and Good Practices.
14 lit. A Professor Popov Str., Saint Petersburg 197022
D. D. Zelikova
Russian Federation
Daria D. Zelikova – Laboratory Assistant, Laboratory of Regulatory Relations and Good Practices.
14 lit. A Professor Popov Str., Saint Petersburg 197022
S. E. Erdni-Garyaev
Russian Federation
Sergey E. Erdni-Garyaev – Senior Lecturer, Chair of Physical and Colloidal Chemistry.
14 lit. A Professor Popov Str., Saint Petersburg 197022
Z. M. Golant
Russian Federation
Zakhar M. Golant – PhD (Econ.), Head of Laboratory of Regulatory Relations and Good Practices.
14 lit. A Professor Popov Str., Saint Petersburg 197022
I. A. Narkevich
Russian Federation
Igor A. Narkevich – Dr. Pharm. Sc., Professor, Rector; WoS ResearcherID: C-1131-2014.
14 lit. A Professor Popov Str., Saint Petersburg 197022
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For citations:
Mamedov D.D., Yurochkin D.S., Zelikova D.D., Erdni-Garyaev S.E., Golant Z.M., Narkevich I.A. Compounding pharmacy regulations: experience of the Latvian pharmaceutical market. FARMAKOEKONOMIKA. Modern Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmacoepidemiology. 2024;17(1):106-117. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17749/2070-4909/farmakoekonomika.2024.189

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