Abou Faour Says Unified Prescription Form to Create Qualitative Change

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Health Minister Wael Abou Faour stressed on Wednesday that the unified prescription form is expected to create a qualitative change, lashing out at those who oppose it.

“We have expected some opposition, stubbornness and a controversy against the unified prescription form, but we should all stand one hand to lessen the burden on citizens,” Abou Faour said during a press conference from the parliament.

He pointed out that this new form is expected to decrease the medical prices of citizens, which in turn would help the state's treasury.

“We are facing daily opposition to our campaign,” Abou Faour said, noting that the quality and types of generic medication included in the unified prescription form are completely flawless.

The Parliament endorsed a draft-law in 2010 to monitor the selling of medication by pharmacists to patients to prove a legal consent between the doctor and his patient when an agreement is made to switch to generic drugs.

The head of the parliamentary health committee, MP Atef Majdalani, stressed that only 104 generic medications have been registered in Lebanon in 2014.

He told reporters that “any decision to approve a new generic medication should be unanimously approved.”

Majdalani said that the technical committee cooperated with French experts and other subcommittees in order to carry out effective work.

He announced that the obstacles impeding the printing of the unified prescription form are over.

For his part, Abou Faour also revealed that he canceled his jurisdiction to import new exceptional medication to the country.

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