Al -Anbat - Dalal Omar
Translated by - Lima Zeitawi
The Director of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Nizar
Mhedat, denied in exclusive statements to "Al- Anbat "the existence of
medicines that carry cement or counterfeit materials in their composition,
pointing out that these medicines are found in countries outside Jordan.
He continued by saying: "We have a global classification in
the institution that shows the countries in which counterfeit medicines are
sold and traded, stressing that the percentage of counterfeit medicines in the
Kingdom is zero.
Dr. Nizar pointed out
that there are many violations monitored by the control committees in the
institution in the issue of electronic promotion of medicines and violates
legislation, stressing the need for legislation that allows the circulation,
distribution and marketing of medicines.
He added that there are conditions and requirements for
those who wish to promote and sell medicines online, but within certain
determinants and conditions subject to approval from the Foundation, stressing
at the same time that many electronic pages violate the conditions of the
Foundation in the process of promoting medicines that are not registered in
Jordan, or for a drug registered in Jordan but is marketed in a non-indication
authorized by the Foundation.
He praised the supervisory role played by the committees and
teams of the Food and Drug Administration to prevent the arrival of an not allowed
and unsafe drug to citizens, especially as it poses a danger to the human body
and there is no legal accountability for the person who sells the drug because
it is unknown and practices selling from behind an electronic screen through
social networking sites, especially slimming drugs, impotence drugs and hormone
drugs.
