Analysis of public procurement in the medical industry for October-December 2020

The field of medicine in independent Ukraine has always been a "repository" of corruption schemes. Over the past six years, the Ministry of Health has tried to reform it, especially in the area of ​​public procurement and to combat large-scale "leakages" of public finances, but despite all attempts at corruption and abuse, it has not been completely overcome.

Since 2015, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine has begun to carry out centralized procurement of drugs at public expense through international organizations. New efficient and transparent procedures, according to the Chamber of Accounts, have saved up to 40% of budget money and purchase some drugs dozens of times cheaper. In the fall of 2018, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine created the state enterprise "Medical Procurement of Ukraine". The State Enterprise "Medical Procurement of Ukraine" is an organization that gradually provides centralized procurement of drugs and medical devices for the state budget and is responsible for the transparency and efficiency of these procedures. The main goal of the state enterprise is to ensure high-quality and efficient procurement of medicines and medical devices and to become a center of procurement expertise in medical products.SE "Medical Procurement of Ukraine" now has several areas of workIn particular, it technically promotes and supports:

  • formation of nomenclatures and specifications for the purchase of drugs and medical devices at public expense;

  • collecting the need for medicines and medical devices from regional departments and health departments;

  • procurement of medical goods through international specialized organizations;

  • implements and administers electronic catalogs to improve pre-threshold procurement of medicines and medical devices.

In 2020, the company won 158 auctions. The expected cost of these bids is UAH 2.9 billion, the total amount of the winners' proposals is UAH 1.8 billion. The total budget of these purchases is 61 billion UAH. Procurement was carried out in the following areas:

  • Drugs, radiopharmaceuticals and accompanying drugs for the treatment of cancer patients;

  • Medicines and medical devices for the treatment of children with oncological and oncohematological diseases (except laboratory reagents and consumables);

  • Medicines for adults with hemophilia A or B or Willebrand's disease;

  • Medicines for children with hemophilia type A or B or Willebrand's disease;

  • Medicines and medical devices for healthcare facilities to provide treatment for patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases

  • Medical devices for citizens suffering from idiopathic familial dystonia, spastic crooked neck, idiopathic roto-facial dystonia;

  • Medicines for the treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis;

  • Drugs for emergency medical care in case of bleeding;

  • Reagents for mass screening of newborns for phenylketonuria, congenital hypothyroidism, cystic fibrosis and adrenogenital syndrome

  • Drugs for the treatment of respiratory disorders in newborns;

  • Medicines and small laboratory equipment to ensure the treatment of infertility in women by assisted reproductive technologies;

  • Medicines for children with cerebral palsy;

  • Antirhesus immunoglobulin to prevent hemolytic disease of the newborn;

  • Medications for antiretroviral therapy in adults, adolescents and children.

General Director of the State Enterprise "Medical Procurement of Ukraine" - Arsen Zhumadilov. A. Zhumadilov heads the public organization "Crimean Institute of Strategic Studies", teaches at NaUKMA and is a co-owner of the charity fund "Ukrainian Heritage".

 

List of foreign enterprises and companies that won the tender in October-December for purchases over UAH 100 million.

Company name

Guidance

Sphere of activity

the ultimate beneficiary

the amount of purchases

Pfizer Export BV

Ian Reed

biopharmaceutical innovation.

Nimetz Pharmaceutical Company. Ian Reed

The final price is presented at the auction of UAH 175,868,162

Octapharma AG

International Pharmacists Headlight Company. Wolfgang Marger

Production of pharmaceuticals

Place of registration - Lahen, Switzerland. The final beneficiary is Wolfgang Marger, Frederick Marger

Two received tenders in the amount of UAH 117,152,589. everyone

M.Biotech Limited

Qassem Mohammad Bahaeddin Hassan

Production of pharmaceuticals

Place of registration - Egam, United Kingdom.

102666970 грн. in November and one tender for 102,666,970 in October

Schering-Plow Central East AG

 

Production of pharmaceuticals

Place of registration - USA / Netherlands / France

121309320 грн

Organon Central East GmbH

 

 

Place of registration - Switzerland \ Germany

One tender in November for UAH 119,922,927, one in October for UAH 119,922,927. - purchase of medicines

BF Biosciences Limited

 

Production of pharmaceuticals

Place of registration - Lahore, Pakistan

Purchase of the drug "remdesivir" in the amount of UAH 1933496974.

 

The list of Ukrainian enterprises and companies that won the tender in October-December for purchases over 100 million UAH.

LLC "BaDM"

Topchiy Igor Mikhailovich

Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods

Liorco Investments Limited. The final beneficiary is Alexander Vladimirovich Sukhodolsky

Two tenders in October and one in November for the amount

162298817 UAH each

VENETO GROUP LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Zgiblov Alexander Georgievich

Medical equipment and medical devices, mattress production

Final Beneficial Owners - Brodskaya Svetlana Nikolaevna and Brodsky Yuri Mikhailovich

115555000 грн.

IMD + LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Leochko Alexander Ivanovich

Non-specialized wholesale trade. Visualization equipment for the needs of medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine

Owners on November 29, 2020

 

Chernyavsky Igor

5000 ₴ (50%)

 

Balycheva Elena Anatolyevna (possiblynominated for deputies Kupyansk district council number 5 from the Kernes block, but the information is not confirmed)

5000 ₴ (50%)

Two tenders - one in the amount of UAH 359,100,000

The second is UAH 199,200,000.

PROTEK SOLUTIONS UKRAINE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Skripko Andrey Anatolyevich

Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods. Visualization equipment for medical needs.

Protek Solutions Switzerland. The previous owner was Kirpenko Fedor Pavlovich

In October, one tender in the amount of UAH 388,920,000 and another in the amount of UAH 261,280,000.

LLC "Novo Nordisk of Ukraine"

Moroz Vladislav Vadimovich

Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods

Novo Nordisk Regina Aameo & Latam A / S

Founder, 25 25940000 (100%)

Moroz Vladislav Vadimovich

In addition to the two main tenders worth more than 170 million UAH. There are a number of smaller amounts averaging up to 80 million UAH.

ROSH UKRAINE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Vershlan Martin Franz

Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods

The company "F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd". The ultimate beneficiary is Vershlan Martin Franz

Three winning tenders in the amount of UAH 466 million.

LYUDMILA-PHARM LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Groshev Konstantin Anatolyevich

Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods

Owners on November 29, 2020

 

Mironova Elena Anatolyevna

16000 ₴ (80%)

 

Groshev Konstantin Anatolyevich

4000 ₴ (20%)

109490183 грн.

 

 

ASTRIUM LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Stepchenko Vitaly Igorevich

Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods

Stepchenko Vitaly Igorevich

Two tenders - one in the amount of UAH 357,000,000. The other for UAH 237,600,000.

KIN INTERSLUKH KIEV LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Gerland Konstantin Viktorovich

Visualization equipment for the needs of medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine

Final beneficial owners - Kind Martin Alfred and Kevanishvili Ivan Zurabovich

124000000 грн.

So, in order to reduce corruption, the Ministry of Health has created a new state enterprise "Medical Procurement of Ukraine", which through tenders in the Prozorro system purchased pharmaceutical and medical products from both Ukrainian and foreign companies. Of the foreign companies, Octapharma AG, M.Biotech Limited and Organon Central East GmbH had the most trust and winning tenders. Hosudarstvennыe purchase Cheryokha Ukrainian business bolshe bыl predstavlenы - signature "Badme" kotoroe also vыyhralo many malыh tenderov, society C OHRANYCHENNOY OTVETSTVENNOSTYU "YMD +" society C OHRANYCHENNOY OTVETSTVENNOSTYU "PROTEK SOLYUSHNZ UKRAINE" Society C OHRANYCHENNOY OTVETSTVENNOSTYU "ROCHE Ukraine", kotoroe over the past three months won a number of tenders worth about 400 million UAH.

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