AMMAN – Over
8,000 medicines and pharmaceutical products have been registered by the
Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA), of which 4,434 were locally
manufactured and 4,090 imported.
اضافة اعلان
According to the Jordan News Agency, Petra,
JFDA Director General Nizar Mhaidat said Saturday that in the first half of the
year, the institution registered 23 local medicines and 54 imported brands, in
addition to 112 vitamins and minerals, 68 natural medicines and 6 baby formula
and infant food products.
He added that the Medicines Directorate
registered 409 pharmaceutical products, including 192 new and 202 similar
types, 11 serums and vaccines and 4 natural medicines.
Mhaidat said the JFDA constantly reviews drug
prices and will continue to do so and compare them with prices in neighboring
countries and the countries of origin, while modifying the pricing mechanism to
ensure reasonable prices and reduce the price of generic drugs.
The periodic review resulted in the reduction
of the prices of 516 pharmaceutical items during the first nine months of the
year, the pricing of 170 types for registration purposes and 177 others for
re-registration, he said.
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