Features and Ways to Ensure the Availability of Vital Pharmaceuticals for Pharmacy Organizations in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic

The article describes the features and ways of ensuring the availability of vital pharmaceuticals to pharmacy organizations in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was noted that during the pandemic, pharmacists from all over the world made maximum efforts to ensure an uninterrupted and safe supply of medicines to patients, despite the unprecedented situation. The social distancing policy has been widely implemented to maintain the personal safety of patients and reduce the number of personal visits. Also, vital strategies and practices have been implemented in some foreign countries, including the supply of conventional medicines at state-subsidized prices, the maximum monthly supply of some prescription drugs has been provided and limits on the purchase of over-the-counter medicines have been set, home delivery of medicines to people at risk and people in isolation has been organized.

The experience of pharmaceutical organizations during the pandemic has shown that it is necessary to monitor the predicted shortage of medicines, especially in regional pharmacies, as well as to control the workload in pharmacies and timely control of online orders of medicines to eliminate frustration and anxiety in patients who need life-saving medicines.