PM: reference prices will reduce medicine costs by 40%
In his annual report on the Government work, Garibashvili said the main task for the Government was to provide high-quality healthcare and medicines to the Georgian citizens. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday said medicine prices would be reduced by 40 percent in 2023 owing to setting the reference prices.
In his annual report on the Government work, Garibashvili highlighted the significance of opening the Turkish market, as a result of which the prices of medicines decreased by 60-80 percent in the country.
The head of the Government also stressed the importance of “constant quality control” of medications and added that the transition to the standards of Good Manufacturing Practices and Good Distribution Practices would be finished by the end of this year in Georgia.
Garibashvili also revealed that the Government had already planned the renovation and construction of 150 outpatient clinics for the next year, adding the main task for the Government was to provide high-quality healthcare and medicines to the Georgian citizens.
About 200 types of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)-standard drugs, imported from Turkey, will be available on the Georgian market in about a month, Deputy Health Minister Ilia Gudushauri said on Monday.
Import of medications from the Turkish market has “significantly” decreased the prices of “dozens” of medical products in Georgia, Health Minister Zurab Azarashvili said on Saturday.
General prices for medicines on the Georgian local market have been reduced by 60-80 percent following the import of medications from Turkey, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said earlier today.
The government’s initiative of ensuring importation of pharmacy drugs from Turkey to effect a general reduction of medicine prices in Georgia is set to commence in the coming weeks, with Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili also revealing additional means to strengthen competition on the market.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, on Thursday, visited the first Drug Quality Control Laboratory in Georgia and said the Government had invested ₾11 million (about $4 mln) into the “ultra-modern” laboratory, which was essential for the Georgian people and the country.