Venezuela and India Sign Agreement to Facilitate Medicine Purchases
The governments of Venezuela and India have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen binational cooperation in the health sector, which will facilitate the purchase of medicines, the South American country's Ministry of Health reported this Tuesday. In a press release, Venezuelan Minister of Health Nuramy Gutiérrez explained that this memorandum will allow for the signing of other agreements that facilitate the arrival of medicines and other health supplies from India, which are not only of the highest quality but have also been freed from patents, thus resulting in very interesting international prices.
TL;DR
- Venezuela and India signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen health cooperation.
- The agreement will facilitate the purchase of medicines from India.
- Medicines from India are described as high-quality and patent-free, leading to competitive prices.
- The deal allows for the acquisition of rabies vaccines.
- The agreement is valid for five years and includes technical information exchange on drug regulation.
- Venezuela also has a long-standing health agreement with Cuba.
- Venezuela recently donated over 10,000 medicine units to Cuba.