At the initiative of the Government of Georgia, amendments are being made to the Law on Medicine and Pharmaceutical Activities.

Tamar Gabunia, the First Deputy Minister of Health, spoke about the draft amendments at the Plenary Session.

The Bill envisages the establishment of the GMP standards for imported medicines and the improvement of accessibility to high-quality products.

"The Ministry of Health has already considered the need to require good manufacturing practice for imported products, which aims to provide access to quality medicines. The main essence of the bill is the requirement for GMP certification on imported products, which is also the recommendation of the Competition Agency, so that local and imported products are placed on equal terms”, - Tamar Gabunia noted.

According to the First Deputy Minister, the Government will present the stages of GMP access to the imported product by March 1, 2022, which will regulate the GMP requirements and deadlines for the already imported products.

Different opinions were expressed by the MPs in the sitting hall regarding the bill.

Representatives of the parliamentary majority and the opposition commented on the draft amendments.

After discussing the issue, the Parliament passed the bill on amendments to the Law on Medicine and Pharmaceutical Activities, in the first reading, by 76 votes to 2.