Pharmacy regulatory body records 258 cases of illegal pharmaceutical activities
Violations of laws on pharmaceutical activities are subject to fines of between ₾6,000-₾16,000 ($2,225-$5,934) depending on severity. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Tweet 
Share
Georgia’s Regulation Agency for Medical and Pharmaceutical Activities has recorded 258 cases of illegal pharmaceutical activities in 62 pharmacies across the country this year, the body said on Friday.
The Agency said it had found pharmacies selling psychotropic drugs without doctor’s prescriptions and seized 97,753 units of drugs from them.
Eight out of the 14 authorised pharmacies had their permits revoked, while 12 had their operations suspended for three years.
Violations of laws on pharmaceutical activities are subject to fines of between ₾6,000-₾16,000 ($2,225-$5,934) depending on severity.
The Investigative Service of Georgia’s Finance Ministry has found 18 pharmacies to be selling psychoactive drugs illegally in Tbilisi and other regions of Georgia, the state body said on Wednesday.
Twenty-seven pharmacies have been found by the Anti-Corruption Agency of the State Security Service to be selling psychoactive drugs illegally in Tbilisi and other regions of Georgia.
Nineteen pharmacies have been found in the Georgian capital Tbilisi by the investigative service of Georgia’s Finance Ministry to be selling psychoactive drugs illegally.
100 of 500 checked hospitals have been fined and six doctors have been banned for service-related violations by the State Regulation Agency of Medical Activities, said Zaal Kapanadze, director of the agency.
Two individuals have been charged by the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia for selling prescriptions for psychotropic drugs without medical testing in Georgia’s east.
The Regulation Agency for Medical and Pharmaceutical Activities of the Georgian Health Ministry on Saturday said three medical facilities and doctors were suspended from operating for illegally issuing strong psychotropic drug prescriptions without any medical examination in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi and the eastern city of Gori.