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By Amina Nazarli

A national system for pharmaceutical control will soon appear in Azerbaijan to ensure a quality of medicines.

The Health Ministry announced about establishment of information databases and relevant program on pharmaceutical control, Trend reported.

The ministry clarified that the process of bringing the national legislation in line with European Union Directive 2010/84 / EU has already completed, as well as contacts with the competent organizations of many countries on pharmaceutical control established.

Modern medicines allow to deal effectively with many diseases, the Ministry said, adding, however, at the same time each medicine is poison.

"Each medication, along with a positive therapeutic effect, has negative side effects, which are certainly being studied in clinical drug trials. But sometimes these factors manifest themselves after the start of sales of the drug," the ministry reported.

Henceforth, citizens of Azerbaijan will be able to contact the Center for Analytical Examination of the Ministry in case of side effects of drugs revealed. The can report about it by filling and sending appropriate form to the website www.pharma.az, or by sending it by fax.

Doctors and manufacturers must report all side effects encountered during the use of the drug and those are not specified in the instructions.

All medicines imported to Azerbaijan are examined before reaching pharmacies and hospitals. The country bans the import of drugs into the country without a license, permission, or other relevant documents.

A total of 57 percent of medicines registered in Azerbaijan are produced in Europe, 26 percent in the CIS countries, including 12 percent made in Russia. The small proportion is the medicine produced in Asian countries.

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Amina Nazarli is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @amina_nazarli

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