KIEV, Nov. 9 – Health Minister Alexander Kvitashvili has signed a UAH 750 million agreement on medicine procurement using budget funds with Britain's Crown Agents international procurement development agency.

The agreement was signed in Kiev on November 6.

Under the agreement, the agency will buy medicines under adult and children cancer treatment programs.

"We hope that starting from the procurement cycle of next year all procurement tenders will be passed over to international organizations," Kvitashvili said.