According to participants at the 3rd International Conference on Drug Fraud, counterfeit drugs in the Arab world represent 10% of the total market, valued at $ 3 billion, and are concentrated in several drugs, notably drugs and drugs, pregnancy and chronic diseases, while the Ministry of Health and Prevention Society is considering increasing the number of inspectors as part of its measures to combat drug fraud.
The director of the Department of Medicine at the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, Dr. Rukia Bastaki, said the number of inspectors in the Department reached 20 inspectors, and is expected to increase the number during the current year, under the plans developed by the Department, and the actual need for it. In a statement to reporters on the sidelines of the conference, she said that last week, Health launched the upgraded version of the medical product registration program in the country. The idea of the program is to register companies for products through the developed electronic service, The Ministry continues to benefit from the latest technologies and to provide accurate and distinguished services, in accordance with the vision of the UAE government in activating smart and electronic systems. She explained that the program makes it easier for residents to study the contents to reach the goal that ensures the safety and safety of the medicine and quality, as well as facilitate the procedures for registering medicines for companies.
She pointed out that the ministry has set a number of standards and conditions that ensure that the state is free of counterfeit medicines, which include many species, including that the active ingredient in the medicine is less than required, or the active substance is not present from the ground, and this type of counterfeit drugs may cause In the death, as well as the drug is adulterated in its content, but the outer box is incorrect, in addition to the drug is all mixed in terms of content and external packaging.
The Director General of the General Organization for Food and Drug Administration in Jordan, Dr. Hayel Mohammed Obeidat, said during his participation in the conference that the size of the Arab drug market reaches more than 30 billion dollars annually, while the size of the market for counterfeit and counterfeit drugs was estimated at 10% Equivalent to three billion dollars. He said that the fake drugs that enter the Arab markets are mostly focused on cancer drugs and heart, and medicines that are still not patented, in addition to sexual drugs, and drugs related to social inheritance, such as pregnancy and seizures, in addition to hormones and antibiotics.
- «Health» set standards and requirements to ensure the state free of counterfeit medicines.