[COUNTERACTION TO CORRUPTION DURING PUBLIC PROCUREMENT OF MEDICINAL PRODUCTS]

The purpose of the article is to carry out a comparative analysis of common manifestations of corruption and corruption risks during public procurement of medicinal products in Ukraine and foreign countries in order to find effective ways to counteract to such cases. The materials of the research were the provisions of foreign legislation, national regulatory legal acts in the health care sector. Theoretical basis of the article is research focused on various aspects of combating corruption in the field of medicine, ways to prevent and minimize cases of corruption manifestations, improvement of anti-corruption measures during public procurement of medicinal products. The authors of the article have used comparative, comparative and legal, historical and legal, formal and legal methods, methods of formal logic, method of system analysis. It has been concluded that the problem of corruption is not new for public procurement area. However, corruption risks increase significantly during emergency situations. Public procurement of medicinal products is an extremely important and at the same time rather prone procedure to such risks. Threats of corruption manifestations during public procurement of medicinal products affect not only the country's economy, but also the indicators of the public health of the population, its working ability and vital function in the whole. The importance of the studied issue determines the need to strike a balance between the promptness of conducting the procurement of medicinal products, the preservation of anti-corruption measures and the effectiveness of response to emerging threats. Wide coverage of procedures of public procurement of medicinal products with the usage of electronic trading systems together with the demonstrativeness and accountability of such activities, can act as appropriate tools to prevent corruption manifestations. Taking into account the possible manifestations of corruption at each stage of public procurement is an important matter. It allows us to focus on counteraction measures and the proper response of the state to illegal actions.