Alternative and complementary medical services will be required to meet

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has prepared and submitted to the Government for consideration the draft regulation on complementary and alternative medicine, which would regulate this field of medicine for the first time in Lithuanian history. This means that healthcare practices that do not fit into the concept of classical medicine will be clearly defined,...

Lithuania and Latvia signed a cooperation agreement

Lithuania's Minister of Health Aurelijus Veryga has signed a cooperation agreement with Latvia's Minister of Health Anda Čakša today in Bauske (Latvia) that the Lithuanian or Latvian emergency medical service (EMS) ambulances will arrive in the border region of a neighbouring country in case of emergency.

It was decided what drug and food supplements advertising should look like

The Seimas approved the amendments to the Law on Pharmacy drafted by the Ministry of Health (SAM), proposing a very clear distinction between advertising of medicines and food supplements, thus preventing people from making mistakes and risking their health by acquiring inappropriate or unnecessary nutritional supplements. It has also been decided when...

Secret shoppers can already visit pharmacies

The Ministry of Health (MoH) and the State Medicines Control Agency remind that pharmacies may already be visited by so-called secret buyers who will carry out control purchases and check that medicines are delivered to pharmacies properly in the event of complaints. This novelty has been set aside for half a year, in order to properly prepare for it by all parties.