Armenia
COUNTRY PROFILE
Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a mountainous country in the SouthCaucasus region of Eurasia. Located in the north of Western Asia, it is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, the de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south.
Armenia is a unitary, multi-party, democratic nation-state with an ancient cultural heritage. The Satrapy of Armenia was established in the 6th century BC, after the fall of Urartu. In the first century BC the Kingdom of Armenia reached its height under Tigranes the Great. Armenia became the first state in the world to adopt Christianity as its official religion, in between late 3rd to early years of the 4th century (the official date is 301AD), becoming the first Christian nation." An Armenian principality and later a kingdom, known as Cilician Armenia, existed on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea between the 11th and 14th centuries.
1. HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
2. DRUGS REGULATORY
- registration of drugs
- registration of medical equipment
- registration of medical products
- manufacturing
- turnover
- distribution
- wholesaling
- retailing
- import/export
3. PHARMACEUTICAL MARKET
4. COMPANIES
- local companies: Arpimed
- foreign RO: Abbott Armenia; FIC Medical; Gedeon Richter
- associations: Armenian Pharmaceutical Association (APA)
5. STATISTICS
- demography
- healthcare
