Armenian medicine production does not concede to the foreign one

YEREVAN, JANUARY 31, ARMENPRESS: The product of Armenian medicine companies does not concede to the one imported from abroad, Director of “GXP” Center of Excellence Aram Ghazaryan told Armenpress. He noted that the medicine of Armenian production is more available than that imported. “The available price is conditioned by our low working force and other peculiarities”. The row material of our national product is imported from abroad, the industrial process is only realized in Armenia,” Mr. Ghazaryan noted.

According to Aram Ghazaryan, there is a free economic competition in the market of medicine, as that sphere is still in a round of consolidation. “In the initial round our main goal was competitiveness increase, which would enable to enter new markets. We did not have a state accepted standard for proper industrial activity, that is we could not have body which would take control over us and would give a corresponding certificate,” he said, adding that now the situation is other, and the medicine of Armenian production is exported to CIS countries.

According to the Director of “GXP” Center of Excellence, there are numerous issues in the sphere of pharmacy which must be solved round by round. “Currently we will carry out works to improve the situation. Connected with the import of the medicine, we intend to introduce the standard of proper delivery activity, and at the moment there is an agreement with RA Ministries of Healthcare, Economy and Justice,” he said. As a result of the implemented steps, Armenia will have an integral system of quality oversight – production of medicine, preservation and delivery in Armenia.