May 15 Sami Zaptia

Ministry of Economy and Trade sign MoU with Health Ministry to regulate and track medical imports and regulate private laboratories

‎The Minister of Economy and Trade, Suhail Abu Shiha, accompanied by the Minister of Health, Dr. Mohamed Al-Ghouj, last Wednesday (13 May), appro...

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Public Prosecution orders detention of Tripoli Minister of Health and four top officials involved in importing cancer medicine from Iraq
May 7 Sami Zaptia

Public Prosecution orders detention of Tripoli Minister of Health and four top officials involved in importing cancer medicine from Iraq

‎The Attorney General’s Office reported today that the Public Prosecution has ordered the detention of the Tripoli based Acting Minister of Health, Ra...

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Food and Drug Control Centre rejects shipment of Fertilsan M branded fertility treatment medicine
Feb 5 Sami Zaptia

Food and Drug Control Centre rejects shipment of Fertilsan M branded fertility treatment medicine

Libya’s Food and Drug Control Centre announced yesterday that it had rejected a shipment of FERTILSAN M branded fertility treatment medicine manufactu...

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Food and Drug Control Centre rejects shipment of counterfeit Renpol Extra cough syrup shipment from India
Feb 1 Sami Zaptia

Food and Drug Control Centre rejects shipment of counterfeit Renpol Extra cough syrup shipment from India

Libya’s Food and Drug Control Centre announced last Saturday (27 January) that it had rejected a shipment of counterfeit Renpol Extra cough syrup from...

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Accused arrested for intentionally trafficking counterfeit medicines
Jan 22 Sami Zaptia

Accused arrested for intentionally trafficking counterfeit medicines

The Attorney General’s Office announced that a person suspected of intentionally trafficking counterfeit medicines was arrested at Benghazi’s Benina A...

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Food and Drug Control Centre rejects British Benylin cough syrup shipment for lack of registration
Jan 15 Sami Zaptia

Food and Drug Control Centre rejects British Benylin cough syrup shipment for lack of registration

Libya’s Food and Drugs Control Centre (FDCC) announced Saturday that it has rejection of shipment of expectorant cough syrup arriving at Mitiga Airpor...

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Tripoli Chamber holds workshop on applying GS1 system for tracking medical products
Nov 14 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli Chamber holds workshop on applying GS1 system for tracking medical products

The Tripoli Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture organized a workshop last Saturday, under the supervision of the Ministry of Economy and Tra...

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Presentation of mechanism for implementation of the GS1 system for tracking medicines and medical equipment
Jun 7 Sami Zaptia

Presentation of mechanism for implementation of the GS1 system for tracking medicines and medical equipment

The Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohamed Al-Hwaej, held a meeting with the Medicines and Medical Equipment Tracking Committee for the local market,...

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FDCC destroys non-conforming shipments of medicines, calls on suppliers to respect Libyan health standards
May 29 Sami Zaptia

FDCC destroys non-conforming shipments of medicines, calls on suppliers to respect Libyan health standards

Calling on medicine-supplying companies to pay attention to Libyan standard specifications, the Media Spokesperson for Libya’s Food and Drug Control C...

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Ban on import of medical products after expiration of one-third of their validity period
May 10 Sami Zaptia

Ban on import of medical products after expiration of one-third of their validity period

The Minister of Economy and Trade issued a resolution (No. 200 of 2023) on Monday banning the import of medicines and medical products in all their fo...

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