---
title: "Pharmaceutical Regulations"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/healthcare-and-pharmaceutical-law-en/pharmaceutical-regulations-en"
field: "Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Law"
description: "Georgian law on medicines: market admission regimes, control of circulation and fines from 4,000 to 8,000 lari explained by Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-14"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Pharmaceutical Regulations

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/healthcare-and-pharmaceutical-law-en/pharmaceutical-regulations-en

## The Legal Foundations of Pharmaceutical Regulations

Georgian legislation on medicines and pharmaceutical activity rests on the Constitution of Georgia, international treaties and agreements, the law governing this sphere, and other legislative and subordinate normative acts. The declared purpose of the law is to promote increased public access to reliable pharmaceutical products; to that end, it establishes the legal foundations for regulating the circulation of pharmaceutical products and defines the rights and obligations of natural and legal persons operating in this field. State regulation mechanisms extend to complementary medicinal products, biologically active additives and paramedical products only when an interested person voluntarily registers them under the national regime of state registration of pharmaceutical products, while a non-invasive contraceptive mechanical product is entirely free from the state regulation envisaged by the law.

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### What does the law on medicines and pharmaceutical activity regulate?

It establishes the legal foundations for regulating the circulation of pharmaceutical products and the rights and obligations of natural and legal persons in this sphere, promoting public access to reliable products.

### Who exercises control over the pharmaceutical market?

The Agency, which mainly uses the administrative control mechanism of the distribution chain and resorts to laboratory control where a high risk of falsification or deterioration exists.

### Which product groups may a pharmacy sell?

An authorised pharmacy sells first-, second- and third-group products, while an ordinary pharmacy as a specialised trade object sells only second- and third-group products.

### What fine threatens illegal pharmaceutical activity?

Activity without the required permit is punished with a fine of 4,000 lari, and with 8,000 lari when committed repeatedly.