CORRUPTION OFFENCES IN MEDICATIONS CIRCULATION: INVESTIGATION PROBLEMS

The aim: The article aims to focus attention on the pressing problems of corruption in the field of pharmaceutical activities at the stage of medicines sale. Possible ways to solve the problems are elucidated. Materials and methods: The research has been carried out using the results of analysis and generalization of different countries’ regulation acts governing pharmaceutical activity implementation, also of legal practice, including author’s private practice, interviewing investigators, interviews, and questionnaires of pharmaceutical companies and professionals. General scientific and special scientific methods (dialectical, logical-normative, system-structural, comparative-legal, etc.) were used. Results: As a result of the study, the main problems of corruption that exist in the pharmaceutical activity sphere at the stage of medicines sale have been outlined. One of the most widespread corrupt manifestation are a relationships between a doctor and a pharmacist and sale medicine which contain drugs without doctors prescription. Proposals are formulated regarding possible ways to solve the problems, including other countries experience such as introduce digital control tools when concluding contracts. Conclusions: Investigation problems of pharmaceutical corruption offences deals with the absence of forensic investigation methodic of such crimes. It is caused by high latency of this category of criminal offenses. Among the main problems of the existence of corruption in the field of pharmaceutical activities at the stage of medicines’ sale can be those: insufficiency and imperfection of the legislative regulation of medicines circulation; lack of professional relations regulation between medical institutions, doctors, and pharmaceutical entities; lack of an electronic database of prescribed prescriptions, etc.