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Master of Pharmacy Lidiya Neycheva has been appointed Deputy Health Minister. Photo by BGNES/Health Ministry
Master of Pharmacy Lidiya Neycheva has been appointed Deputy Health Minister.
Neycheva will be in charge of the pharmaceutical policy of Bulgaria's caretaker government, according to a media statement of the Health Ministry.
She graduated the Faculty of Pharmacy at the Medical University of Sofia in 1984.
Neycheva worked at the Chemical Pharmaceutical Research Institute (NIHFI) and the Military Medical Academy in Sofia and completed a specialization in Clinical Pharmacy in 1996.
Starting mid-2006, she has been manager of the Hospital Pharmacy unit at Tokuda Hospital Sofia.
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