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    GOVT. DECISION LEADS TO COUNTERFEIT DRUGS IN ARMENIAN MARKET

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    March 29, 2012 - 12:17 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - Medicine Producers and Importers Union (MPI Union)
    of Armenia demands tightening of laws that regulate import and export
    of drugs, head of the Union said.

    As Samvel Zakaryan told a press conference on March 29, amendment to
    the decision "On approval of import and export of drugs" passed by the
    government back in March 2011, resulted in emergence of counterfeit
    medicine such as Actovegin Forte 200 mg, Series 1069391 and 10677398,
    Concor 5 mg, Series 135628 and Concor Cor 2,5 mg, Series 133703 by
    Nycomed pharmaceutical company.

    According to Mr. Zakaryan, government amendments enabled importers
    to sell drugs without registration in relevant research center.

    "We repeatedly addressed the authorities with a request to reconsider
    the decision. This time, too, we have issued a letter both to the
    government and security institutions to take steps aimed at withdrawal
    of these drugs from circulation.

    Head of the MPI Union, however, dismissed linkage of the problem to
    market monopolization.

    According to him, the problem, instead, is related to the fact that
    the legislation doesn't stipulate use of a differential mark on the
    drug package that would enable the consumer to differentiate registered
    medication from the unregistered one.

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