Kazakh Health Ministry controls market of imported drugs
17 July, 2014 12:52
Minister of Health Salidat Kairbekova stressed that the agency controls the market for drugs from counterfeit products.
Speaking during the today's briefing in the Central Communications Service under the President of Kazakhstan, the Minister has informed consumption of medicines per capita increased by 4 times from 21 to 81 dollars in the past 10 years.
"97 batches of drugs - more than 1 million 300 thousand packages, about 11 thousand kg of substances - have not passed the evaluation of safety and quality. This proves that the market of imported drugs is controlled," the Minister explained.
According to Kairbekova, the Ministry represented proposals to the Criminal Code on criminalization of distribution of counterfeit medical products.
