VOLUME OF MEDICINE BROUGHT TO ARMENIA AS HUMANITARIAN AID REDUCES DURING RECENT YEARS
Noyan Tapan
Jan 10 2007
YEREVAN, JANUARY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. Volumes of medicine brought to
Armenia as humanitarian aid recuded during the recent years. So,
if more than 111 mln drams medicine was got from the U.S. in 2005,
about 931 mln 889 thousand drams (about 25 mln U.S. dollars) medicine
was got in 2006. Tatul Hakobian, the RA Deputy Minister of Health
Care informed the Noyan Tapan correspondent about it. In his words,
the volume of medicine being imported to Armenia grew in parallel to
it: it grew during the recent 3 years about 4 mln U.S. dollars: 22.1
mln dollars medicine was imported in 2004, 26.2 mln dollars medicine
was imported in 2005, and about 30 mln dollars medicine was imported
in 2006.
T.Hakobian also mentioned that 750 from the 3450 medicines and
bioactive supplements registered in Armenia were registered in
2006. 12 organizations producing medicine and 2 organizations producing
bioactive supplements function in the republic at present.
In the Deputy Minister’s words, 1323 licences for implementing pharmacy
activity were given by the RA Health Care Ministry in the last year.