Unofficial meeting of representatives of Armenia’s pharmaceutical field to be held Jan.29-30January 25, 2011 - 09:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Union of Armenian Medicine Producers and Importers (UAMPI), through the assistance of USAID-funded Competitive Armenian Private Sector (USAID/CAPS) Project, will hold the second unofficial meeting of representatives of Armenia’s pharmaceutical field in Aghveran on January 29-30. Armenian Minister of Healthcare Harutyun Kushkyan, Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan and Chairman of the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition are expected to participate in the event, the press service of UAMPI reported. Protection of interests of UAMPI companies, role of pharmaceutical unions in various countries, terms for introduction of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) standard in Armenia and other matters will be in the focus of the meeting. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |