The state Rare Disease Treatment Programme is being expanded. According to the Ministry of Health, the state will purchase inhalation preparations, antibiotics, vitamins and other medications for patients with cystic fibrosis. Funding for their inpatient care is also being increased.

Mikheil Sarjveladze, Minister of Justice, personally provided information about the changes to family members of patients with cystic fibrosis.

At the meetings in Kutaisi and Tbilisi, these developments and other significant issues for improving the beneficiaries` quality of life were discussed. Sarjveladze drew attention to further plans in this direction. As he said, the changes implemented in the programme were made taking into account patients` needs, based on regular communication with their family members.

"The Ministry of Health continues working on expanding the programme, including offering physiotherapy services and purchasing additional medications according to patients` needs.

Under the implemented changes, patients will be funded for: antibiotics tobramycin and colistin; fat-soluble vitamin complex (A, D, E, K); mucolytics (hypertonic solution)—3% and 6%; combined preparation—ipratropium bromide monohydrate, fenoterol hydrobromide; acetylcysteine (mucolytic and expectorant); ursodeoxycholic acid (hepatoprotector).

These preparations will significantly improve patients` quality of life and help with disease management, preventing complications and improving treatment outcomes. Medication provision will begin in stages, in October and November", - reads the statement of the Ministry of Health.

Cystic fibrosis is a progressive hereditary genetic disease in which secretions produced by the body do not thin properly, resulting in frequent recurrent respiratory tract infections in patients. This is the second change implemented in the state Rare Disease Treatment Programme in 2025. In July, the ministry began funding treatment medications and investigations for patients with multiple sclerosis living in the regions. The programme`s total budget is GEL 55 million.