The way the health care system in ukraine looks like: international practices within national realities.

Objective: Introduction: Nowadays there is the transformation of the national health care system in Ukraine, the ultimate goal of which is to create a modern, competitive model of medical care of citizens on the basis of forming packages of free medical services. However, the model adopted by Ukraine is in contradiction with national legislation in part of free medical aid guaranteed by the Art. 49 of the Constitution of Ukraine, and fragmentary considers positive international practices.

Tendencies for the falsification of medicinal products in ukraine: general analysis and areas of counteraction.

Objective: Introduction: Ukrainian counterfeit pharmaceutical market affects pharmaceutical manufacturers' image and threatens citizens' lives and health. The aim:of the article is to identify and systematize the causes and methods of pharmacy drugs' falsification, grounding the need for certain areas of counteraction.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: Empirical base includes Ukrainian legislation, international acts, statistical data of the WHO, State Register of Medicinal Products of Ukraine, General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine, Unified State Register of Court Decisions, media materials, journalistic investigations.