Georgian regulatory agency inspecting foreign production of medical drugs imported in country
Aiming to inspect production process, premises, equipment, production and quality control operations, the Agency has visited three enterprises of Drug International Limited in Bangladesh. Photo: The Georgian Health Ministry.
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The Regulation Agency for Medical and Pharmaceutical Activities of the Georgian Health Ministry has started inspection of the Good Manufacturing Practices at foreign enterprises whose medicines are imported in Georgia, the state body said on Tuesday.
Aiming to inspect production process, premises, equipment, production and quality control operations, the Agency has visited three enterprises of Drug International Limited in Bangladesh.
Photo: The Georgian Health Ministry
In its comments, the state agency said a “reasonable period” would be set to eradicate identified non-compliances, with the next steps to be taken based on results of repeat visits to the country.
The Ministry also revealed it would inspect “all manufacturing enterprises” importing medicines in Georgia.
Inspection of manufacturers of imported medicines is an established practice in Turkey and Europe, and Georgia is actively cooperating with them within the ongoing pharmaceutical reform”, it noted.
The Ministry added the Georgian national GMP standards used in the inspection were in compliance with those recognised by the European Union.
The GMP standard has become mandatory for local companies manufacturing pharmaceutical products in Georgia since January 2022.
Hans Kluge, the World Health Organisation’s Regional Director for Europe, has called reforms in Georgia for increasing accessibility to medicines “one of the best examples”, the Georgian Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
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.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili stated earlier today that the Georgian government has ‘significantly improved key fiscal parameters’ due to rapid economic recovery, adding that the Georgian government will make a decision this week which will ‘significantly reduce the cost of medicines.'
Georgia will import high-quality medicines from Turkey to effect a “significant” reduction of the cost of drugs on the Georgian market, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said in a government session on Monday.