02/01/2024
Arab Times
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| KUWAIT CITY, Jan 2: Minister of Health Dr Ahmed Al-Awadi on Tuesday issued ministerial decisions aimed at regulating work and controlling the provision of medicines and psychotropic substances. These decisions include the suspension of the issuance of licenses to private pharmacies until the completion of a study evaluating the status of these pharmacies as part of ongoing efforts to reform and regulate the conditions of private pharmacies. The decision stipulates the formation of a committee of specialists, headed by the assistant undersecretary for Pharmaceutical and Food Control Affairs. The committee’s functions include assessment of the current situation of private pharmacies and the observations received in line with the laws and decisions regulating the practice of the pharmacy profession and distribution of medicines, as well as the submission of a detailed report including the results and recommendations within three months from the date of the first meeting of the committee. In the context of following up reform steps and tightening control over the provision of psychotropic medications, Al-Awadhi issued another decision on the establishment of a central electronic system under the supervision of the ministry; through which the regularity of recording prescriptions for psychotropic substances and preparations dispensed from private pharmacies is followed up and monitored. The decision obligates all private pharmacies licensed to trade in psychotropic substance preparations and regulate their circulation to register in the electronic system in accordance with the conditions and procedures specified in the decision.By Marwa Al-Bahrawi Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff |
