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Kushkyan On Quality And Prices Of Medicine
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country25377.html
Published: 16:40:20 - 07/03/2012
The recent breaches in the health care were mainly determined by
legislatives gaps relating to the procurement of medicine, said the
minister of health Kushkyan during the briefing in the government in
response to a question on the scandalous revelations by the Committee
for the Protection of Economic Competition.
`We will correct it together with other agencies, and I'm sure we will
settle everything and will rule out further abuse, intentional or
unintentional,' said the minister of health.
He noted that one of the priorities for 2012 is to ensure control on
the medicine market. They will try to keep prices at the same level.
Moreover, they will try to reduce the prices.
Kushkyan said competition is needed in the sphere of public health.
`Those who will work more efficiently, who will supply better medicine
will win tenders. In this case, we don't deal with monopolies. I think
it is normal that who works better and imports better medicine to
Armenia, they are in the first places', he said.
As to expired medicine appearing in pharmacies from time to time, the
minister said that no one imports expired medicine. `It is possible
that the rules of storage are violated, in the result of which
medicine loses its activeness.'
Harutyun Kushkyan also said that the medicine agency is surveying the
market of medicine. The society will be informed about the results.
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country25377.html
Published: 16:40:20 - 07/03/2012
The recent breaches in the health care were mainly determined by
legislatives gaps relating to the procurement of medicine, said the
minister of health Kushkyan during the briefing in the government in
response to a question on the scandalous revelations by the Committee
for the Protection of Economic Competition.
`We will correct it together with other agencies, and I'm sure we will
settle everything and will rule out further abuse, intentional or
unintentional,' said the minister of health.
He noted that one of the priorities for 2012 is to ensure control on
the medicine market. They will try to keep prices at the same level.
Moreover, they will try to reduce the prices.
Kushkyan said competition is needed in the sphere of public health.
`Those who will work more efficiently, who will supply better medicine
will win tenders. In this case, we don't deal with monopolies. I think
it is normal that who works better and imports better medicine to
Armenia, they are in the first places', he said.
As to expired medicine appearing in pharmacies from time to time, the
minister said that no one imports expired medicine. `It is possible
that the rules of storage are violated, in the result of which
medicine loses its activeness.'
Harutyun Kushkyan also said that the medicine agency is surveying the
market of medicine. The society will be informed about the results.