ArmInfo. Levon Altunyan, the Minister of Health of Armenia, does not share the concerns about the increase in prices for medicines as a result of the new order of the release of medicines coming into force. "The Ministry of Health does not expect a rise in the prices of medicines," Levon Altunyan said at a briefing after the government meeting, responding to a question from ArmInfo.
On the contrary, as pointed out by Levon Altoyan, the Ministry of Health expects savings of 15-30% for households. Due to those medicines that are bought without a doctor's order and without the need, while their expiration date expires in the home medicine kits. As Altunyan explained, if until now the population of the country spent most of the money on unnecessary medicines, thus, throwing them away, today the Ministry of Health is hindering this process.
It is noteworthy that the entry into force of the new order is planned to be implemented in stages - from March 1, antibiotics, hormonal and codeine preparations will be sold by prescriptions, all injection drugs and oncological medicines will be included in the prescription list on the 1st of July, and from the 1st October - all other medicines provided for by the government decision. However, today there is no regulatory and legal basis for the implementation of the process. "The decision at this stage is being developed and will be adopted at the next government meeting," the minister explained.
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