Amendments to Georgia’s Law on Grants will introduce criminal liability and make so-called “external lobbying” a criminal offence, the leader of Georgia’s parliamentary majority Irakli Kirtskhalia said on Wednesday following a meeting of the parliame...
The price of certain psychotropic medicines has fallen by as much as 12 times following regulatory changes, while product quality has remained unchanged, Georgian Health Minister Mikheil Sarjveladze has said. Speaking about access to medicines and t...
All pharmacies will be obliged to keep a defined range of medicines in stock, Georgian Health Minister Mikheil Sarjveladze has said, stressing that commercial considerations must not determine which pharmaceutical products are available to the public...
A court has granted bail of ₾500,000 ($185,560) to Ilia Gudushauri, the former deputy minister of health, as a preventive measure. At the request of the prosecution, the court also ordered the confiscation of Gudushauri’s national identity card and ...
Georgia’s arrested third president, Mikheil Saakashvili, on Wednesday said the United States needed new military bases in Greenland to help defend the free world and expressed confidence that an agreement on this issue would be reached. In a post on...
Opposition politician Roman Gotsiridze has accused Texas-based company Frontera of obstructing the passage of the MEGOBARI Act in the US Congress, alleging that the company was acting in coordination with the Georgian government and US lobbyists hire...
Georgia’s Health Minister on Wednesday said a “very productive meeting” was held with representatives of pharmaceutical companies to discuss food product prices, medicine costs, and accessibility. Mikheil Sarjveladze claimed the discussions explore...
Political expert Nika Chitadze has claimed there were opportunities for opposition forces in Georgia to unite, though this did not necessarily mean forming a single party. Speaking to Front News, Chitadze suggested that a more likely outcome would b...
Georgia’s Prime Minister, Irakli Kobakhidze, on Wednesday said that while business should remain free and pricing largely determined by market principles, the government must also consider the social dimension in the pharmacy sector to protect public...
A delegation of US congressional staff is visiting Georgia, the US Embassy announced on Wednesday. As part of a regional visit, members of the delegation will meet with Georgian government officials and opposition leaders, the diplomatic mission sai...
