The market has reserves: The obliteration of the Optima-Pharm storage facility will generate a temporary scarcity of particular medications for 2–3 weeks.
Following Russian attacks, the primary depot of Optima-Pharm, responsible for 20% of the monthly medications distribution, suffered devastation, briefly hindering their provision in Kyiv and the neighboring area, as stated by Ekonomichna Pravda.
Optima-Pharm’s Chief Executive Officer, Igor Gutsal, guarantees, “We are aiming to restart medication distribution this week.” Presently, pharmacies are obtaining medications from local depots; however, this isn’t yet adequate to completely satisfy the need.
Dmitry Babenko, the Acting Director General of BaDM, observes that the market possesses ample reserves: 8 billion hryvnias in stock addresses requirements, and Optima held a comparable figure.
Producers anticipate merely a brief deficiency of specific pharmaceuticals for 2–3 weeks, following which provisions ought to become stable.
