Legal regulation of securing availability of humane pharmaceuticals

Legislation for securing the availability of human pharmaceuticals Abstract Medicinal products are a specific type of goods necessary for effective provision of health services. The Act on Pharmaceuticals entrusts legal instruments to the Ministry of Health, the State Institute for Drug Control and other entities in order to prevent shortages of medicinal products. The goal of this thesis is to introduce and analyse specific instruments that can be used to resolve potential or existing shortages of medicinal products in the Czech Republic. For the purpose of clarity, the diploma thesis is divided into a total of 10 chapters. The first two chapters define the basic terms, which are then used throughout the thesis, and administrative bodies that are important participants in securing the availability of medicinal products. Regarding the basic terms, they are a medicinal product, availability of medicinal products, the marketing authorisation holder and placement of a medicinal product on the market in the Czech Republic. The competence of administrative bodies in the area of securing the availability of medicinal products is also elaborated in more detail in the second chapter. The third chapter introduces the sources of knowledge in determining the potential shortages of medicinal products. The market..