Background. In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic has spread and is developing in all countries of the world without exception, affecting not only medical and pharmaceutical, but also social, economic, toxicological and criminal aspects. In such conditions, it is of great importance in the field of healthcare and the pharmaceutical industry of Ukraine to improve the system of legal relations "doctor-patient-pharmacist", based solely on the principles of pharmaceutical and medical law. Among the components of medical and pharmaceutical law there is forensic pharmacy, which studies the causes of offenses in the field of healthcare. The purpose of the study was to analyze history of formation and development of forensic and pharmaceutical researches in Ukraine within the organization of pharmaceutical business, drug technology and pharmaceutical law. Materials and methods. Legislative and regulatory documents were used in the study; scientific publications in the field of "forensic pharmacy"; Internet resources. Normative and legal, documentary, historical, bibliographic, forensic and pharmaceutical, comparative and graphic methods of analysis were used. Results. Forensic pharmacy in the world as a scientific field is known and developed since 1946. The article covers the period of 1990-2004. Prominent scientists of Ukraine were of great importance in the formation of forensic pharmacy. The formation of forensic pharmacy began with the generalization of forensic and pharmaceutical practice in historical retrospect "from police chemistry to forensic chemical and pharmaceutical examination – from forensic pharmacy to pharmaceutical law and medical law" with the support of prof. Chernykh V.P. In the period of 1997-2003, the development of forensic pharmacy took place by improving the regulatory and legal support of the control and licensing system of circulation of medicines. Trends in the prevalence of diseases involving uncontrolled and irrational use and abuse of surfactants have been identified. The causal links between drug addiction, substance abuse and crime have been investigated. The interpretation of "potent", "poisonous" substances in the regulations of Ukraine have been improved. It is substantiated that the main indicator of classifying drugs as "potent" and "poisonous" substance is a forensic criterion that qualifies the consequences of irrational use of drugs by severity of injuries: from mild, moderate to severe injuries, or those that caused fatalities. At the next stage (2003-2004) the scientific and theoretical generalization and the new approach to the decision of a problem which is connected with development of scientifically-based principles of optimization of system of the state control over circulation of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors were studied. The possibility of participation of a pharmacy specialist (pharmacist-forensic scientist) at the stages of: investigation, pre-trial investigation in forensic chemical and pharmaceutical studies of physical evidence and participation as a forensic expert in a criminal case in court has been researched. Conclusions. It is substantiated that the formation of forensic and pharmaceutical researches within the organization of pharmaceutical business, drug technology and pharmaceutical law in Ukraine has taken place. Further forensic pharmaceutical research needed to harmonize domestic legislation, international human rights standards in the field of health care, legal regulation of the pharmaceutical market and the medical services market.
