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DRUG PRICES UP IN ARMENIA - HEALTH MINISTER
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October 05, 2012 | 13:00
YEREVAN. - No substantial price fall is noted in the drugs that
are imported to Armenia by fifty organizations and, in actual fact,
the prices have risen thereby contributing to superprofits, Health
Minister Derenik Dumanyan stated, during a press conference on Friday,
summing up his one-hundred days in office.
As per the Minister, the Government has taken appropriate measures
to facilitate the import of medicine into Armenia. "But the prices
of solely 5-6 drugs have fallen," he remarked.
In Dumanyan's words, the state does not intervene in pricing and, as
a result, the companies themselves determine the drug prices so as to
gain superprofits. "There are numerous unregistered drugs. Many drug
companies refuse to register their medication in Armenia because this
demands additional time, [and] they have to submit documents. And
[therefore] our importers bring those drugs and sell them as
unregistered medication," he noted.
Armenia's Health Minister stressed that the strictest quality control
is indispensable from the moment of importing. "The usefulness of
each drug that enters the country is determined at the border. [But]
There is a lack of full control mechanisms in this sector," Derenik
Dumanyan said, and added that the matter of free medicine recipients
likewise needs to be resolved.
news.am
October 05, 2012 | 13:00
YEREVAN. - No substantial price fall is noted in the drugs that
are imported to Armenia by fifty organizations and, in actual fact,
the prices have risen thereby contributing to superprofits, Health
Minister Derenik Dumanyan stated, during a press conference on Friday,
summing up his one-hundred days in office.
As per the Minister, the Government has taken appropriate measures
to facilitate the import of medicine into Armenia. "But the prices
of solely 5-6 drugs have fallen," he remarked.
In Dumanyan's words, the state does not intervene in pricing and, as
a result, the companies themselves determine the drug prices so as to
gain superprofits. "There are numerous unregistered drugs. Many drug
companies refuse to register their medication in Armenia because this
demands additional time, [and] they have to submit documents. And
[therefore] our importers bring those drugs and sell them as
unregistered medication," he noted.
Armenia's Health Minister stressed that the strictest quality control
is indispensable from the moment of importing. "The usefulness of
each drug that enters the country is determined at the border. [But]
There is a lack of full control mechanisms in this sector," Derenik
Dumanyan said, and added that the matter of free medicine recipients
likewise needs to be resolved.