Armenian premier commissions appropriate agencies to sort through things at pharmaceutical market
18.12.2014,
16:33
Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan commissioned today appropriate agencies to sort through things at pharmaceutical market.
YEREVAN, December 18. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan commissioned today appropriate agencies to sort through things at pharmaceutical market.
The premier instructed Health Minister Armen Muradyan to inform him about the situation.
The thing is that on June 12 obligatory marking was introduced for all medications regardless of their cost prices.
Besides, prices at drug market surged as turmoil broke out at foreign exchange market. Earlier, Muradyan said that the mandatory marking will not trigger price hikes here.
He said that marking is needed to ensure control over quality of medications and to prevent shoddy and fake products from entering the country's market.
Muradyan also said that marking expenses will be minimal and those who raise prices without appropriate justification will be punished. In his words, Armenia imports $110 million worth medications.
Suppliers of drugs were strongly opposed to the introduction of marking rearing that this may trigger price hikes.
Samvel Zakaryan, chairman of the Union of Medicine Producers and Importers, said such a policy toward medicines is useless and senseless, since they are under special control and every imported tablet is registered. ---0-----
