Ukrainian Medicine Conversion to European Equivalent Rx Product
This is a medication brand translation tool developed by IQVIA, which can help HCPs determine Irish equivalents for Ukrainian medicinal products. You can click on the Irish flag or use the drop down menu to select Ireland and then enter the name of the Ukrainian medicine or INN in the search box. Note to read the disclaimer on the website before using the site
Medicines for Children have published a series of medicines information leaflets translated into Ukrainian.
The leaflets include information on use of medicines that are the most commonly used medicines by families such as antibiotics, analgesics and asthma medication.
Martindale includes monographs for some Ukrainian medicinal products however the list of branded products is not exhaustive and other resources may be required
The HSE immunisation website includes immunisation advice to support people from Ukraine. The website includes advice on the approach to immunisation for a child from Ukraine attending healthcare (e.g. checking immunisation status and catch-up with Irish schedule), COVID-19 vaccine advice and includes information material in English, Ukrainian and Russian
The HPSC published details of healthcare information and public health resources for Ukrainian nationals in Ireland in the April edition of Epi-Insight (Vol 23 No 2 April)
The Ukrainian Medicines Compendium is a resource similar to Drugs.com or Martindale which provides summaries of information about medicines for HCPs; the site is in Ukrainian and Russian and needs a translation website (e.g. Google Translate) to translate the drugs to English
Please be aware when using Google Translate or other machine translation that this may not be fully reliable - consider using a second source where available
The DRLZ website which is the state register of medicinal products in the Ukraine contains Ukrainian Summaries of Product Characteristics. The site is in Ukrainian and needs a translation website to translate the drugs to English
Please be aware when using Google Translate or other machine translation that this may not be fully reliable - consider using a second source where available
Every effort has been made to ensure that this information is correct and is prepared from the best available resources at the time of issue (website updated July 2022). The NMIC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites and links are made available solely to indicate their potential usefulness. This list of useful resources is not exhaustive. Therefore, you should not rely solely on the resources listed and must use your clinical judgement to determine the relevance of the information they contain.