First meeting of health care experts of 2025 year held in Bender

The Government of the Republic of Moldova

A joint meeting of the working groups for health care today was held at the Bender headquarters of the OSCE Mission in Moldova, with the participation of field experts from both banks of the Dniester River.

The delegation from Chisinau was led by Secretary of State of the Ministry of Health, Ion Prisacaru, head of the sectoral working group, accompanied by General Director of the Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (AMDM) Iuliana Albu, and Deputy Medical Director of the National Center for Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical Assistance Serghei Suman.

AMDM experts presented in detail the provisions of Law no. 153/2025 on medicines, from the perspective of the necessity of mandatory enforcement of the national regulatory framework in the health sector, adjusted to European Union’s legislation, including regulations in the pharmaceutical field, which represent an essential step in aligning Moldova with EU standards.

Simultaneously, the experts outlined the current legal procedures regarding the import of medicines applicable to distributors conducting pharmaceutical activities, including economic operators in the Transnistrian region.

The participants reiterated the responsibility for strict compliance with the legal requirements concerning the stages of authorization, distribution, monitoring and quality control of medicines imported into Moldova by authorized pharmaceutical distributors.

At the same time, the field experts addressed issues related to providing emergency medical assistance to requesters in the region, as well as the inter-hospital consultation and transfer service for patients from the left bank of the Dniester River, in accordance with applicable legal norms and with the obligations assumed in the public health sphere.

Secretary of State Ion Prisacaru said that, by Moldova's accession to the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines (GPACCM), an initiative of the World Health Organization and UNICEF (St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital), access to free and uninterrupted safe and quality pediatric oncology medicines for all children diagnosed with cancer, including those from the Transnistrian region, is ensured, thus contributing to strengthening childhood cancer treatment, improving clinical outcomes and aligning medical practices with international standards.

Experts emphasized the importance of maintaining a constant technical-level dialogue, in order to align the pharmaceutical market and ensure the supply of medicines, in compliance with current standards throughout the country's entire territory, including in the eastern regions.