KIEV, Oct. 19 ??“ The board of directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved the issue of a EUR 32 million credit to Kiev-based OJSC Farmak, Ukraine's leading pharmaceutical company, and a $27 million credit to Sevastopol-based Yugreftransflot shipping company.

The EBRD press secretary in Kiev, Anton Usov, told Interfax-Ukraine that the decision was made on Wednesday.