Article 19. Wholesale sale of medicines and medical products

Wholesale sale of medicines shall be carried out by manufacturers of medicines and by organizations engaged in wholesale sale of medicines that hold an appropriate license for pharmaceutical activity, in accordance with the rules for wholesale sale and storage of medicines and medical products approved by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Organizations engaged in wholesale sale of medicines and medical products shall have the right to purchase medicines and medical products from manufacturers of medicines and medical products, from other organizations engaged in wholesale sale of medicines and medical products, as well as from foreign manufacturers and wholesale organizations of medicines and medical products.

Organizations engaged in wholesale sale of medicines and medical products shall have the right to sell medicines and medical products to organizations that hold a license for pharmaceutical activity or operate under a notification regime, to manufacturers and wholesale organizations of medical products, to medical organizations, as well as to organizations that use medicines and medical products for their own needs for medical purposes.

Warehouse premises of organizations engaged in wholesale sale of medicines and medical products must meet the requirements of sanitary rules, norms, and hygiene standards. A warehouse manager of an organization engaged in wholesale sale of medicines and medical products must have pharmaceutical education.

It shall be prohibited to purchase and wholesale medicines and medical products that are of poor quality, counterfeit, or not registered in the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as illegal copies of medicines registered in the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Wholesale sale of medicines and medical products shall be carried out in the manner established by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.