Until all problems with Rigvir medication have been resolved, State Agency for Medicines (SAM) has decided to put its registration on hold. SAM explains that several quality defects have been found for several Rigvir medication series this year. This is why the decision was made to halt its distribution. The company that has registered Rigvir…
SMT Best LLC has launched production of made-in-Armenia medical supplies. Thanks to the launch of the new production, 100 new jobs have been created. 20% of supplies produced in Armenia are consumed by the local market, while the rest is exported. While syringes, blood collection containers, insulin pen needles and other supplies are currently manufactured…
Production of quality medical supplies has been established in Armenia, Health Minister Arsen Torosyan said in a Facebook post. While syringes, blood collection containers, insulin pen needles and other supplies are currently manufactured in the new plant, Torosyan said catheters of various sizes and for various purposes would also be produced in the near future.…
Leading Georgian pharmacies have decided to decrease the price of anti-flu medicine Tamiflu, the cost of which formerly ranged in 72-99 GEL. Aversi and PSP pharmacies have complied with the request to show solidarity with the public and make the medicine more affordable. Aversi management says that the current price for the medicine is 68…
Georgia will purchase double amount of anti-flu vaccines for 2019-2020 and this will be 80,000 vaccines instead of the 41,000 purchased for 2018-2019, head of the National Disease Control Centre Amiran Gamkrelidze has reported. “The supply we had for 2018-2019 is almost used. In the autumn, before the new season, we will purchase 80,000 vaccines,”…
The socially vulnerable population of Georgia and people with disabilities will soon be able to buy more medicines at a symbolic or halved price starting next year, with medicines for epilepsy and Parkinson’s being added to the list. The medicines on the list are for chronic and cardiovascular diseases. “I am happy to say that…
The Ukrainian pharmaceutical manufacturers cannot do customs clearing for medicine to be imported to Uzbekistan, the Association of Employers’ Organizations of the Medical and Microbiological Industry of Ukraine (OORMMPU) said in a statement. “Pharmaceutical products have been at the customs for several weeks now, but the customs service of the Republic of Uzbekistan does not…