Approximately 900 medications have got cheaper since January 1, when the National Catalogue of Prices came into force. This is 2/3 of the imported drugs. On January 17, the Center for Combating Corruption and Economic Crime inspected 20 drugstores and identified no violations, Info-Prim Neo reports. Minister of Health Adrian Usatyi said there were reappraised 1,900 drugs. A number of drugs became more expensive, but this applies to one or two of 1,000 types of drugs. The Center’s director Viorel Chetraru said that if irregularities are discovered, there will be imposed fines of 50 to 100 minimum salaries. The drugstores were the deviations will be identified may be closed. Lidia Demici, head of the Pharmacists’ Ethics and Deontology Commission, said the druggists asked extending the term for reassessing the drugs, but their request was rejected. “At least, they promised that the Catalogue of Prices will be published by the end of this month,” she said. Veaceslav Stratu, president of the Pharmacists Association, said many of the buyers in drugstores ask to be given the National Catalogue of Price for examination, but the pharmacists cannot provide it. The National Catalogue of Price includes 3,100 types of drugs. The prices of over 64% of the reappraised drugs decreased by 10 lei, of about 35% - by 10 to 50 lei, of 5.8% - by 50 to 100 lei, while of over 2.6% - by more than 100 lei.