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An issue of concluding an employment contract by an employer and an employee, who is a foreigner or a person without citizenship (hereinafter referred to as “a foreigner”), is regulated by the national legislation of Ukraine, as well as international agreements of Ukraine, concluded with foreign states in the field of labour and social protection.

After almost half a year of ‘corruption lawlessness’, on 7 April 2011, the Law of Ukraine On principles of prevention and countering of corruption in Ukraine, N 3206-VI and the Law of Ukraine On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine concerning responsibility for corruption, N 3207-VI (hereinafter referred to as the “Anti-Corruption Laws”) were finally adopted. Both legislative acts entered into force on 1 July 2011.

12/20/2011 Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law “On the Amendments to Certain Healthcare Legislation” (regarding strengthening control over the turnover of medicinal products, food products for special dietary consumption, functional food products and dietary additives), more commonly known under the number 7007.

On November 3, 2011, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted in general the draft Law of Ukraine On amendments to the Customs Code of Ukraine that will become effective as of January 1, 2012.

Over the last several years the pharmaceutical markets of some countries of the former Soviet Union have witnessed strengthening positions of domestic production of medicines, as well as the general tendency of the imported medicines substitution by the domestically produced pharmaceutical products (so-called “import substitution”).

On July 27, the amendments to the Law of Ukraine On the protection of Economic Competition has come into force. The Law, drafted by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine and introduced by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, was adopted by the Ukrainian Parliament on July 5, current year.

Please find below the latest pharmaceutical digest of Legal Alliance Company, which contains new regulation, draft regulation in Ukrainian pharmaceutical law and the latest news of Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine.

Please find below the latest pharmaceutical digest of Legal Alliance Company, which contains new regulation, draft regulation in Ukrainian pharmaceutical law and the latest news of Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine.

Legal Alliance is pleased to announce that Ms. Oksana Kondratieva, an outstanding specialist in the field of Competition law, has joined our team. For the last 17 years Mr. Oksana Kondratieva has held positions at the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, having started with a position of a Principal specialist and then a Head of Unfair Competition Enquiry Department, and having achieved a position of a Deputy Director of Competition policy Department at the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine.

In accordance with the paragraph 1 article 15 of the Law of Ukraine “On Consumer Rights Protection”, a consumer has the right to receive necessary, accessible, accurate and timely information about the products that provides him with an opportunity of conscious and competent selection of such product. The consumer shall be provided with such information prior to purchasing the product or ordering the works (services). The information about the product is not considered as advertising.

Please find below the latest pharmaceutical digest of Legal Alliance Company, which contains new regulation, draft regulation in Ukrainian pharmaceutical law and the latest news of Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine.

According to the Article 1 of the Law of Ukraine “On Foreign Economic Activities”, a representative of the foreign subject of business activity can be considered an institution or a person representing interests of a foreign subject of business activity in Ukraine that has properly registered respective authorities.

Advertising is information about the entity or goods distributed in any form and in any manner in order to form or maintain knowledge of consumers of advertising and their interest with respect to such entity or goods[1].

Please find below the latest pharmaceutical digest of Legal Alliance Company, which contains new regulation, draft regulation in Ukrainian pharmaceutical law and the latest news of Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine.

TV commercials are the best way to promote mass-consumption products, including pharmaceutical products. The main advantage of TV commercials is their broad coverage, as television is considered to be the most widespread mass media. At the same time, TV commercials provide ample opportunities for targeting.