Over 100,000 citizens have purchased drugs imported from Turkey over the 2 months since the launch of the Government initiative to lower medication costs on the local market by importing products from Turkey. Such a statement made today the Minister of Health.

As Zurab Azarashvili said in the Parliament, the reduction of local prices by the initiative meant customers had spent GEL 15 million instead of GEL 50 million on medication in the time period.

“More than 400 drugs were currently available on the local pharmacy market, there is the daily growing number of Turkish-imported medicines.

The decision of importing the products from Turkish-based producers is one of the most successful steps of the Government, reform had facilitated a reduction of prices by up to 80%”, - said the Minister.

His comments also elaborated on the quality of the imported medicines, pointing to meetings with representatives of the Turkish Health Ministry and major pharmaceutical companies to ensure the quality of imported medicines met the “highest international standards”, including the Good Manufacturing Practices standard.