EMIL GABRIELYAN: 10-12% OF DRUGS IMPORTED TO ARMENIA COUNTERFEIT

PanARMENIAN.Net –
April 7, 2010 – 14:24 AMT 09:24 GMT

10-12 per cent of drugs imported to Armenia are counterfeit, an
Armenian scientist said.

"Yet, this is not a complete picture due to the absence of continuous
monitoring of the medicine market in Armenia," academician Emil
Gabrielyan, the head of the national laboratory for the medicine
quality control, told a news conference in Yerevan on April 7.

According to him, constant monitoring of production and import of
medicines should be conducted.

"6 to 60 per cent of medicines are faked worldwide for different
reasons. Some types of drugs may be masked by others to be illegally
imported into the country. This technique is used by drug traffickers,"
Emil Gabrielyan said.

The scientist said, 3700 names of drugs are registered in Armenia,
out of which Armenia produces only 5-7 per cent.