MPs demand the completion of the law of the Drug Authority and maintain the name of "higher council"

Policy

The Health Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives listened to a number of MPs, members of the committee, who submitted draft laws on the establishment of the Supreme Drug Authority.

This came during a meeting of the Health Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, which is currently being held, to discuss the draft law on the institutional organization of pharmaceuticals, pharmaceuticals, medical supplies and devices, submitted by the government and known as the Supreme Commission of Medicine, in the presence of representatives of the Ministries of Health and Agriculture, Pharmacists.

For his part, MP Abdul Aziz Hamouda, a member of the Health Affairs Committee, said that this project is very important and the presence of a body of medicine is necessary to supervise and develop the drug system. "I was one of the deputies who submitted the draft law of the Egyptian Drug Authority, An important economic sector ", and the need to be the head of the body a pharmacist.

MP Mohammed Salim said: "All the countries of the world have a body of medicine, and this is a lot delayed in Egypt, and a word must be mentioned fda In the name of the body to have international accreditation, it is related to food, and there must be representation of all the competent authorities in the pharmaceutical industry in the Board of Directors of any body of medicine such as the Chamber of the pharmaceutical industry and the Medical Association, the President of the Commission is a pharmacy graduate, and I agree to the project submitted by the government"He said.

In turn, Dr. Ayman Abu El-Ela pointed out that the medicine is a national security and Article 18 of the Constitution refers to it. "We must speed up the law because it is too late. The General Authority for Medicine has been established in some countries since 1906. , And recent developments such as the Clinical Trials Act, which should be discussed in parliament, must be taken into consideration and should be taken into consideration by the Commission when drafted"He said.

And he said "Abu Ala": "A pioneering industry to serve the Egyptian citizen, the law aims to develop the Egyptian pharmaceutical industry, and I do not with the idea of ​​establishing a higher council, and objected to the name of the Medical Technology Authority"He said.

Dr. Magdy Morshed spoke about the idea of ​​establishing the Egyptian pharmaceutical authority as a dream, such as comprehensive health insurance. "The pharmaceutical industry was a pioneer in Egypt and it declined. The presence of a body that monitors, retrains and supervises is required to regain the leadership of the pharmaceutical industry, The state must support pharmaceutical companies of the public business sector"He said.

Morshed stressed that the draft law on the practice of pharmacy is linked to an original association with the Drug Authority and its failure will disrupt this law. "We want entities that can promote the pharmaceutical service and human health. The presence of the body is necessary and no less than health insurance. The clinical trials law must be completed."He said.

MP Magdi Morshed Ali also called the "Supreme Council of Medicine", in line with criticism that he is putting more bureaucracy, preferring to be the Drug Authority.