Minister of Health: Temporarily stopping granting licenses to private pharmacies

  • 02/01/2024

Within the framework of completing the project to reform and regulate the conditions of private pharmacies, Dr. Ahmed Al-Awadi, the Minister of Health, has issued a ministerial decree to temporarily halt the process of granting and issuing licenses to private pharmacies, until the completion of a study evaluating the status of these pharmacies.


The decision included the formation of a committee of specialists headed by the Assistant Undersecretary for Pharmaceutical and Food Control Affairs, in order to evaluate the current situation of private pharmacies,  and to submit a detailed report with the necessary results and recommendations in this regard, within three months from the date of the first meeting of the committee.

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