SERIOUS VIOLATIONS REGISTERED IN MEDICINE MARKET
ARMENPRESS
FEBRUARY 21, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, ARMENPRESS: Proceedings have been initiated
over 15 companies and 12 medical establishments. Chairman of the
Armenian State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition
Artak Shaboyan said at the sitting of the commission that the
registered violations accompanied with inefficient usage of budget
means seriously limited the competitive environment. "Not declaring
tenders, the medical establishments acquired the necessary medicine
with higher prices which was more obviously reflected when the latter
were interconnected with the supplying companies," he noted.
Shaboyan said no tenders are being declared by medical establishments
in accordance with the legislation, and in some cases they are of
formal nature.
The studies showed that 109 out of 134 medical establishments have
not declared tenders. The 66 of them have not announced tenders at
all and 43 did it only in separate cases.
Violations have also been registered in acquiring of free or discounted
medicine for socially insecure groups of population.
Twenty-eight medical establishments which should have acquired medicine
for the mentioned group through a tender, did it from the organizations
they have preferred.
The commission studied 134 health institutions and 314 companies
selling medicine engaged in state purchasing sphere.
ARMENPRESS
FEBRUARY 21, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, ARMENPRESS: Proceedings have been initiated
over 15 companies and 12 medical establishments. Chairman of the
Armenian State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition
Artak Shaboyan said at the sitting of the commission that the
registered violations accompanied with inefficient usage of budget
means seriously limited the competitive environment. "Not declaring
tenders, the medical establishments acquired the necessary medicine
with higher prices which was more obviously reflected when the latter
were interconnected with the supplying companies," he noted.
Shaboyan said no tenders are being declared by medical establishments
in accordance with the legislation, and in some cases they are of
formal nature.
The studies showed that 109 out of 134 medical establishments have
not declared tenders. The 66 of them have not announced tenders at
all and 43 did it only in separate cases.
Violations have also been registered in acquiring of free or discounted
medicine for socially insecure groups of population.
Twenty-eight medical establishments which should have acquired medicine
for the mentioned group through a tender, did it from the organizations
they have preferred.
The commission studied 134 health institutions and 314 companies
selling medicine engaged in state purchasing sphere.