The Ministry of Economy has ordered dexamethasone, arbidol, anaferon, etc. in Azerbaijan in connection with the coronavirus. commented on the rise in prices due to increased demand for drugs.
According to the Law on Medicines, the Tariff (Price) Council regulates the prices of medicines registered only in the State Register of Medicines of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The price is calculated taking into account the active ingredient, dose, commercial packaging, quantity in the package, country of manufacture, and according to the legislation, wholesale and retail sale of state-registered medicines must be sold at prices set by the Tariff (Price) Council.
Failure to indicate the price of medicines, selling them at a price different from regulated prices or selling them without regulation is a violation of price discipline, and the Code of Administrative Offenses provides for serious liability for pharmaceutical entities that commit such acts.
In such cases, it is recommended to apply to the Call Center 195-2 of the Ministry of Economy, the State Service for Antimonopoly and Consumer Market Control under the Ministry:
"The full list of medicines with wholesale and retail prices and effective date has been posted on the official website of the Tariff (Price) Council (www.tariff.gov.az) in the" Medicines "section (http://tariff.gov.az) /documents/DVA.pdf). With state registration, you can get acquainted with the prices of medicines included in the "Register of Medicines of the Republic of Azerbaijan" and approved by the Tariff (Price) Council.