Medicine
Economy

Minister of health asks producers cut medication prices

Lithuania’s Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga has asked pharmaceutical manufacturers to lower prices for Lithuania, while representatives of the manufacturers say the call may have no effect, if the pharmaceutical pricing system is not revised. […]

Medicine
Economy

Pharmacies to be put under obligation to sell certain amount of cheapest drugs

In an effort to encourage pharmacies to offer clients the cheapest suitable medication, pharmacies in Lithuania will be put under the obligation of issuing a certain amount of cheapest drugs. […]

Aurelijus Veryga
CORPORATE

Minister “ban everything” – will absurd situations not occur?

The new government, it would appear, intends to start its work with harsh restrictions. Their newest idea – to ban children’s’ champagne as it supposedly is associated with alcoholism and encouraging alcohol consumption. […]

At a clinic
Politics

Amendments banning embryo freezing in Lithuania submitted to Seimas

Amendments to Lithuania’s new Law on Assisted Reproduction, which has not yet come into force, are submitted to the parliament on Tuesday with the aim of returning to a conservative version of the bill that limited the number of embryos created during in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. […]