He clarified that this product is just entering the country, but it is convenient that it be used due to the number of cases of the new coronavirus.
For this product, it should also be taken into account that its prices must be visible to buyers, so that they can make comparisons.
Carrizo recalled that by mandate of the Ministry of Health (Minsa), the companies that will market these tests must send Acodeco the prices they will have.
He added that in this report they must detail the reference price (distributor’s sale price) and the cost for its retail sale (which is left to the pharmacy to establish).
Resolution No.037, which establishes the requirements to obtain the sanitary registration of self-applied tests, has already been published in the Official Gazette.
These requirements must be met by public institutions, private establishments or natural persons who market or import the tests.
With the intention of meeting the demand, the Ministry of Health authorized the use of the tests, which will be endorsed by the Gorgas Memorial Institute.
The National Directorate of Medical Devices of the Ministry of Health will be in charge of monitoring the tests, in conjunction with the Gorgas Central Public Health Reference Laboratory and the National Department of Evaluation and Management of Health Technology of the Social Security Fund. .
