Saudi agency to monitor medical drugs
Saudi Arabia: The Saudi Food and Drug Authority has launched a national centre to monitor the safety of medicines that are being sold in the Kingdom, Arab News has reported. 'The new centre will also take up within a month the mission of monitoring medicines by checking their registration, prices and validity,' said Dr. Ghazi Al-Saeed, the centre's director. 'Well monitor all aspects to ensure the safety of medicines, including their storage, marketing and wrong usage.' All powers related to medicine sales are also to be transferred to the centre, in coordination with the Ministry of Health. [AMEInfo.com]
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