Advertising of medicines in Ukraine: An ethical and legal view

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https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2023.64.04.37

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morality, ethics, law, medicine, distribution, advertisement.

Resumo

The modern course of Ukraine towards economic and political and legal rapprochement with European states involves the adoption of uniform rules in the field of healthcare. The objective of this article is to examine the ethical and legal aspects of advertising medicines in the context of Ukraine's alignment with European states and the adoption of uniform healthcare rules. The article employs a dialectical method to explore the correlation between ethical and legal components in medicine advertising. By analyzing domestic normative and legislative acts, there was establish methodological features of medicine advertising from the perspectives of ethics and law. The research also considers the broader context of international and national regulation of advertising in the pharmaceutical sector. The analysis of ethical and ethical-legal criteria enshrined in domestic regulations clarifies the general direction of modern state and non-state regulation of medicine advertising in Ukraine. This finding helps to provide a deeper understanding of the principles guiding advertising activities in the pharmaceutical sector.
Overall, the article contributes to the ongoing ethical and legal research on advertising regulation in the field of medicine circulation. It provides a foundation for the development of international and national regulations governing medicine advertising, emphasizing the importance of ethical considerations alongside legal frameworks.

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Biografia do Autor

Pavlo Pokataev, Classic Private University, Zaporіzhzhia, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law, Doctor of Public Administration, First Vice-Rector, Classic Private University, Zaporіzhzhia, Ukraine.

Oleh Bodnarchuk, State Tax University, Irpin, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law, Professor, Department of Private Law, State Tax University, Irpin, Ukraine.

Tetiana Hryshyna, Classic Private University, Zaporіzhzhia, Ukraine.

PhD, Associate Professor Department of Practical Psychology Institute of Journalism and Mass Communication, Classic Private University, Zaporіzhzhia, Ukraine.

Vladyslav Korolkov, National University “Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic”, Zaporіzhzhia, Ukraine.

Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management, National University “Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic”, Zaporіzhzhia, Ukraine.

Yurii Demianchuk, Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law, Associate Professor, Department of Private and Public Law, Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, Kyiv, Ukraine.

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2023-05-30

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Pokataev, P., Bodnarchuk, O., Hryshyna, T., Korolkov, V., & Demianchuk, Y. (2023). Advertising of medicines in Ukraine: An ethical and legal view. Amazonia Investiga, 12(64), 348–360. https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2023.64.04.37

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