ORGANIZATION OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL ADMINISTRATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00280R001300020019-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: October 16, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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plan;
c_. The distribution of the quotas of medicines and pharmaceutical products
to places of cure and subordinate pharmacies on the basis of the request'
s submitted in advance; in general, the distribution takes place once
a month;
of,the pharmacies; and
f. The ma intenanee,mrderniaing, etc., of pharmacies.
The medicines are generally sufficient for the national need.
are filled out nearly always in the manner required. There is also a
certain elasticity in the distribution of ms&ie&aaL medicines both to
pharmacies and places of cure so that it is always possible outside of
.the estimaLtn to forward additional requests in case of necessity.
b. Among the various specialities all imported there is occasionalay a
shortage on the market of the following:
a. Irgopirina, of French production;
b. Reupirin, of West German manufacture; used widely in the curing of
rheumatic ailaents;
For about one year now the follodng are Keing placed on sale in Bulgarir+:
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Aureasicin, of Soviet production, Czechoslovak or German,.wtilch.
Ifs sold at the price of 44 is wt. der grew, 4 tablets of 25 eg ea<
b. Litrison or cortisone and vthar v:ailar 1z.-rted products under.
various names coming from Prance. Germany, Czech, and used' in'the
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cure of liver end spleen aiiaents.
8. The product. are sent to the pharmacies with an indication as to the price'
of sale alrea&y established by the responsible office of the Aptekno
Upravlenie of the okrug. The price of the product is the same. througbtout
Bulgaria. The public may purchase vithoot prescription, emu products which
do not contain poison ar opiates. Far these it is elv%rs necessary to have
a medical prescription. The medicines are paid for in a1l.cases. however
medical aid is free but there are no special offices in Dultaria ma~
authorized to issue peraita for aeeeiving medicine free .
9. The chemical-pharmaceutical industry in Bulgaria including the modern.
establishment for the production of penicillin in Razgrad, limits ILs
activities to the production of medicines using 14rted raw materials.
There are no' establishments, agcording to informant, in which the entire
cycle of production is carried out from the raw material to theA7 oduct
ready ter, use; all the ingredients necessary for making the medicines are
imported. The only really" national" products are those. made with a bails
of herbs, tinctures, bitters, tease (t), etc., rinse Bulgaria off a
wide variety of medicinal herbs of which now as in centuries past, wide
use . is made.
10. Pharmacies in Sofia are open both summer and winter between 8;30 as. and
1!30 p.m., and 3530 p.m. and 7 p.m. In ssalle_ centers the hours are
changed according to local customs and needs. Bdtveen the hour of closing
and the hour of opening, the Pparmacies of Sofia (about 70) take tuns in
remaining open at night. Medicines sold at night are no more expensive than
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those sold during regular varkias hours. Pharaacista on a t s t recet e
an additional 20 lava per ul4ht.?
j. Pbar^aciits reofive an averse of apprac 1,000 lava a nOuth. Purther.ore,
evwy three scathe, pbsrscy personnel are granted a bmus varying between
10 and 15 peresnt (depending on the category). of the yro7tita over and above
vb-t the estisste bad called for.
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