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Ahead of their professional holiday, the president of Uzbekistan met with healthcare and pharmaceutical workers. He proposed establishing a state award named after Abu Ali ibn Sino, spoke about plans to digitalize the industry using AI, and presented orders and medals to a group of medics, including the founder of Central Asian Medical University.
Otabek YusupovShavkat Mirziyoyev met with workers of the medical and pharmaceutical sectors. According to Zamon.uz, over ten years 58,000 hospital beds have been created in the country, the volume of medical services has tripled, and the pharmaceutical sector has set a goal of covering 70% of needs with local production.
Sevara AzamovaFrom October 19 to 21, 2026, a Ukrainian delegation led by Deputy Minister of Health Yevhen Honchar paid a working visit to Tashkent. Following the talks, the Center for Pharmaceutical Product Safety of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine signed a memorandum on regulatory cooperation. The parties discussed GMP inspections of Ukrainian enterprises, a remote inspection format, production localization, and investment. From October 19 to 21, 2026, a Ukrainian delegation led by Deputy Minister of Health Yevhen Honchar paid a working visit to Tashkent. Following the negotiations, the Center for the Safety of Pharmaceutical Products of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine signed a memorandum on regulatory cooperation. The parties discussed GMP inspections of Ukrainian enterprises, remote inspection formats, localization of production, and investments.
Aziz KarimovUzbekistan's Committee for the Development of Competition and Protection of Consumer Rights is reviewing complaints that importers and wholesale distributors, when selling in-demand medicines, require the purchase of additional, unrequested drugs. Over the first nine months of 2026, medicines were imported by 305 enterprises, with 47.2% of imports accounted for by five companies. A violation of the Law 'On Competition' carries a fine of up to 5% of revenue.
Javlon TursunovEli Lilly has signed an agreement with Mubadala Bio for contract packaging of the weight-loss drug Mounjaro and the oral medicine Foundayo in the UAE, followed by distribution across the region and worldwide. The announcement was made by Mubadala Bio deputy CEO Hamad Almarzouqi on the sidelines of the Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit.
Sevara AzamovaThe Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis adopted in second reading a bill renaming Medical Workers' Day as Medical and Pharmaceutical Workers' Day. The holiday keeps its date — the second Sunday of November. The document was developed by the Health Ministry on the president's instruction and sent to the Senate. During discussion, a deputy asked why a separate holiday for pharmacists, observed in a number of countries on September 25, was not considered.
Sevara AzamovaSwiss pharmaceutical giant Roche announced a freeze on all future investment decisions in Germany. Head of Roche Germany Daniel Steiner linked the move to government policies that have undermined the industry's trust. The criticism came on the opening day of the government's investment summit in Berlin.
Dilnoza Rahimova
