The Ministry of Well being has issued Ministerial Decision No. 240 of 2025, setting guidelines for displaying and promoting medicines and medical merchandise through merchandising machines at non-fixed areas.
This transfer is a part of efforts to modernize drugs circulation within the non-public sector whereas making certain compliance with well being and security requirements.
Personal pharmacies at the moment are allowed to promote medicines and medical merchandise included within the authorised record of Ministerial Decision No. 238 of 2025 by way of self-service merchandising machines, studies Al-Rai day by day.
Pharmacies should adjust to all Ministry of Well being circumstances and submit digital purposes through the designated Drug Inspection Division channel.
To function these machines, pharmacies should maintain a legitimate license, and a licensed pharmacist or pharmacy technician should oversee their operation. Required paperwork embrace proof of possession or rental of the machines, their areas, and a particular allow for treatment supply.
The decision requires that the interior temperature of the machines not exceed 25°C, that packaging stays clear and undamaged, and that expired or unregistered merchandise are by no means displayed.
Solely medicines from the authorised record could also be offered, with a shelf lifetime of not less than 4 months, and costs should observe official Ministry-approved charges.
Every pharmacy could function a most of 5 merchandising machines, with licenses legitimate for one yr and renewable. If a machine ceases operation, the pharmacy should notify the Drug Inspection Division inside one week. Machines have to be positioned not less than 100 meters other than one another.
The decision additionally outlines penalties for violations, referencing Regulation No. 28 of 1996, which regulates the pharmacy occupation and drug commerce, alongside different administrative penalties underneath Ministry laws.
This resolution goals to broaden handy entry to medicines whereas sustaining strict regulatory oversight, making certain security, high quality, and correct management of pharmaceutical merchandise.
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