aleksandr lukashenko ordered the approval of maximum selling prices for medications for the belarusiann 2018. the president saw that the quality of life of belarusians depended on this segment of trade and did not consider it possible to let pricing in it take its course. then the new scheme worked, drug prices dropped, the market became transparent, and competition on it was healthy. but 2020 came and coronavirus. in the middle of nowhere the quarantine ended in one piece. countries ' borders were closed, supply chains were broken, supplies of medical drugs were already under threat, it was impossible to delay them by agreeing on selling prices, thousands of people could not receive not... and not a low supply price. the storm has passed: we have emerged from the coronavirus hell and straightened our shoulders under the onslaught of sanctions. in april of this year, the head of state ordered the return of reference pricing for medicines. manufacturers of medications and their representatives must agree on prices for their products from the list savmina until december 1st. this move wi