OREANDA-NEWS. April 24, 2012. Prime Minister Mykola Azarov considers that it is proper to dispense drugs on prescription only. Thus he stressed that the first stage of this procedure will be introduced only for drugs to treat hypertension, which is provided by a pilot project to establish reference prices for drugs. He stated that in the social network Facebook.

"In general, the transition to dispensing of drugs, particularly vital, on prescription - this is the right move. This will improve the quality of care, responsibility for the quality of medical treatment and will prepare the transition of our medicine in the modern European methods. We need to understand a simple truth - that the self is not only harmful to humans, but also dangerous ", - Mykola Azarov said.

The Head of Government noted that the drugs, "which are vital for the people" must be affordable to all citizens, so the Government introduced in the Ukraine government regulation of drug prices.