OREANDA-NEWS. July 21, 2014. "Kazakhstan's Healthcare Ministry expects to gain access to the global counterfeit drugs database in 2015," Minister Salidat Kaibekova told the briefing held in Astana.

According to her, Kazakhstan will gain access a s soon the country's testing centre joins the General European OMCL (Official Medicines Control Laboratories) network by theend of 2015.
Besides, international experts propose to elaborate a coordinated program involving all the parties concerned to determine measures and financial resources in an effort to identify counterfeit drugs.

Good pharmacy practice standards were implemented at 28 facilities across Kazakhstan. Four more pharmaceutical manufacturers will also be certified this year.