The objective side of the composition of criminal offenses encroaching on pharmaceutical activity in Ukraine

Abstract

The article examines the objective side of the composition of criminal offenses encroaching on pharmaceutical activity in Ukraine. Taking into account the peculiarities of activity and passivity in human behavior in the criminal offenses that encroach on pharmaceutical activity, the author proposes to single out the following groups of actions under the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which combine certain types of actions as mandatory signs of the objective side of the specified corpus delicti: 1) action and inaction (activity or passivity) associated with improper performance by a person of his professional duties in the field of pharmaceutical activity (pharmaceutical duties) as a result of negligent or dishonest attitude towards them (in other words, manifestations of the so-called "medical and/or pharmaceutical negligence"); 2) actions consisting in the disclosure of certain information related to pharmaceutical activity; 3) actions consisting in violation of the procedure for carrying out special medical and pharmaceutical "procedures" in the process of pharmaceutical service; 4) actions that violate the order of circulation of medicinal products. The author notes that certain types of criminal offenses that encroach on pharmaceutical activity are constructed as material, i.e., those where consequences (socially dangerous consequences) are a mandatory element. The article considers the consequences in the corpus delicti of the specified criminal offenses. The article focuses attention on the fact that certain criminal offenses that encroach on pharmaceutical activity include optional (alternative) features of the objective side, namely: the method of committing a certain act, the setting (situation) of committing a criminal offense, the place of committing a criminal offense.