OREANDA-NEWS. On 29 July 2009 was announced, that suppliers of pharmaceuticals that are holding up prices for drugs and means of protection from influenza A/H1N1 will be terminated their licenses, said the minister of healthcare of Kazakhstan Zh. Doskaliev.

"I address to our entrepreneurs, suppliers of drugs and individual face masks: do not play upon the situation. In this case baseless rise of prices does not make you as entrepreneurs.

Those entrepreneurs that want to earn money upon this situation will be terminated their licenses", - said Zh. Doskaliev to the journalists after the meeting of governmental headquarters on the fight with pig flue.  

"The situation is controlled by the ministry. Today 147 thousands of masks and about 7 thousand packs of oxolinic cream come to Astana ".

"They decided to appropriate from the reserve another 149 mln tenge to buy means of protection fro the workers of clinics and hospitals and to purchase pharmaceuticals, in particular, “Tamiflue” specimen, oxolinic cream and antibiotics, etc", - he said.