Pharmaceutical Industry Blog

Last Updated: August 23, 2026 TL;DR: Paraguay is the market where the second GMP certificate decides everything. Its regulator, the Dirección Nacional de Vigilancia Sanitaria (DINAVISA), is not a department of the health ministry but an autarkic public-law entity constituted by Ley N° 6788 of 23 August 2021 and expanded by Ley N° 7361 of 2024. Under Ley N° 3283/2007 as amended by Ley N° 7256/2024, DINAVISA publishes an annual reference-country list — Resolución DINAVISA N° 18

Last Updated: August 23, 2026 TL;DR: Nicaragua does not write its own medicine registration rules — it applies the Central American regional standard, and that single fact changes the economics of entering the market. Registration runs under RTCA 11.03.59:18, adopted by Resolución No. 446-2021 (COMIECO-XCIV) of 28 April 2021, administered by the Autoridad Nacional de Regulación Sanitaria (ANRS) inside the Ministry of Health, which PAHO placed at maturity level two on the WHO

Last Updated: August 23, 2026 TL;DR: Medicines in the Kyrgyz Republic are regulated by the Department of Medicines and Medical Devices under the Ministry of Health (ДЛСиМИ), constituted by Government Resolution No. 227 of 30 April 2020 — not the older Department of Drug Provision and Medical Equipment name still repeated by most consultancies. The governing statute is Law No. 13 of 12 January 2024 on the Circulation of Medicines, amended through 3 November 2025, with the regi

Last Updated: August 23, 2026 TL;DR: Medicines in Libya are regulated from inside the Ministry of Health rather than by a standalone agency: WHO EMRO identifies the Pharmacy Administration and its Registration Department as the country's drug regulatory authority, alongside the Food and Drug Control Centre (مركز الرقابة على الأغذية والأدوية) as the control and inspection body. Registration before marketing has been a legal requirement since Health Law No. 106 of 1973, but the

Last Updated: August 23, 2026 TL;DR: India is already the largest reported pharmaceutical supplier to Turkmenistan, shipping USD 27.37 million of HS Chapter 30 goods in 2024 — 22.6% of all reported imports on UN Comtrade mirror data. Registration runs through the Center for registration of medical products and state quality control, an institution of the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry, under Law No. 319-V of 12 January 2016 on the Provision of Medicines. The statute

Last Updated: August 23, 2026 TL;DR: Medicines in Lao PDR are regulated by the Food and Drug Department (FDD, ກົມອາຫານ ແລະ ຢາ) of the Ministry of Health, now operating under an entirely new statute: the Law on Medicines and Medical Products (Amended) No. 85/NA of 25 June 2025, promulgated by Presidential Decree No. 094/P on 6 August 2025 and in force since 25 August 2025, replacing Law No. 07/NA of 2011. FDD's registration checklist for imported medicines follows the ASEAN Co