The Groups of Pharmaceutical Products
The question of pharmacy licensing begins with which products are to be dispensed. Under Article 11-2, pharmaceutical products are divided for the purposes of advertising and retail sale into three groups: the first group comprises products subject to special control and the medicinal means equated to them; the second — products whose improper use may cause significant harm to human health and life and which are dispensed by prescription; the third — products that can, according to the instruction, be taken without a doctor's prescription.
The rules of classification are also defined: a product of the same generic name, form and dose under different trade names may not belong to more than one group; the minister determines the lists for the first and third groups, the third group being defined on the basis of international practice, while every other product admitted to the Georgian market automatically belongs to the second group. Understanding these three groups is the foundation of licensing — they determine which subject dispenses which assortment.