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Azerbaijan

Detained Azerbaijani economist Ibadoghlu ‘denied’ treatment despite life-threatening condition

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Detained economist Gubad Ibadoghlu’s family say that doctors in Azerbaijan have refused to treat his aortic aneurysm, despite him needing an emergency surgery. Ibadoghlu, who is under house arrest, has been unable to leave the country to receive treatment abroad. His family also claim that ‘many’ doctors have refused to treat him or to provide him with medication in Azerbaijan. His daughter, Zhala Bayramova, told OC Media that Ibadoghlu suffers from a serious aortic aneurysm, and has expe

Building of the health ministry in Tbilisi. Image via Tabula
Georgia

Georgian pharmaceutical companies fined for cartel price fixing

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Several Georgian pharmaceutical companies have been fined almost $20 million for raising the prices of cancer drugs in a ‘concerted fashion to restrict competition’. On Friday, Georgia’s National Competition Agency fined four pharmaceutical companies — Aversi, Gepha, PSP, and Mermisi — for overcharging for medications used in cancer treatment provided by the state. The agency reported that the prices of medication sold by the companies ‘were found to coincide with an accuracy of 1 tetri’. 

Ramzan Kadyrov (left) and Elkhan Suleymanov (right). Image via social media.
Chechnya

Allegations surface that doctor ‘disappeared’ after treating Kadyrov

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A Russian Telegram channel has published an investigation alleging that Chechnya’s former health minister, Elkhan Suleymanov, had ‘disappeared’ after giving medical injections to Chechnya Head Ramzan Kadyrov. Suleymanov had formerly served as the republic’s deputy prime minister prior to his alleged disappearance in October 2022. VChK-OGPU, a Telegram channel that claims to conduct political investigations in Russia, on Sunday and Wednesday published reports on Suleymanov’s ‘disappearance

Parents of children with achondroplasia protesting outside Georgia’s government chancellery. Photo: Shota Kincha/OC Media
Achondroplasia

Achondroplasia added to diseases eligible for state support in Georgia following 19-day protest

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Achondroplasia, a genetic bone growth disorder that causes dwarfism, has been added to the list of rare diseases eligible for state-funded treatment, after parents of children with the condition held a 19-day continuous protest outside the government chancellery. The amendment to the resolution on state healthcare programmes for 2023, adopted on 30 December 2022, was introduced on 22 May and signed by Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili. A group of parents of children with achondroplasia beg

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