The UN Development Program (UNDP) on December 8 announced the launch of tenders to buy medicines to treat tuberculosis in Ukraine.

The press service of the Health Ministry reported that this is the first invitation for pharmaceutical market players to participate in the tender as a part of the project on the provision of procurement organization services to the Health Ministry of Ukraine being realized by the UNDP under the request of the Health Ministry.

Bids can be submitted until December 27, 2015. The technical meeting with potential bidders will be held on December 14 in the Kyiv's office of the UNDP.

Questions and Answers will be prepared after the meeting and they will be posted on the UNDP's website and sent to the companies that registered and showed their interest in signing the contracts, irrespective of their participation in the meeting.

The ministry said that the tenders on other programs will be announced next week.