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Ammon
18-05-2025
- Health
- Ammon
Drug prices committee meets to reduce drugs prices
Ammon News - A committee tasked with reviewing drug prices in local market will meet on Sunday to discuss reducing the price of a new drug package over the next two months. The Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) Director General Nizar Mheidat said that he asked the committee not to consider the prices of medicines under JD10 and to focus on higher-priced medicines. Mheidat explained that medicines are subject to periodic re-pricing and re-registration, indicating that the prices of 848 pharmaceutical items will be reduced in 2022, 698 in 2023, and 626 in 2024, out of a total of 9,000 pharmaceutical items registered in Jordan.
Jordan Times
04-05-2025
- Health
- Jordan Times
Royal Court chief attends free medical day in Ghor Al Safi
Royal Court Chief Yousef Issawi on Saturday inspects the activities of a free medical day held in Ghor Al Safi (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — Royal Court Chief Yousef Issawi on Saturday inspected the activities of a free medical day held in Ghor Al Safi, organised by the Nobles Company for Sustainable Development as part of the ongoing 'Al Widad' campaign, which was launched in February in the new Al Milaha housing area. Issawi was accompanied by Director General of the Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) Nizar Mhaidat and Karak Governor Qublan Sharif. The delegation was briefed on the day's activities, which aimed to provide free healthcare services across a wide range of medical specialities to local residents, according to a Royal Court statement. Issawi expressed appreciation for the efforts of the organisers and volunteers, commending their humanitarian contributions and commitment to strengthening social solidarity. Founder and Director of the Nobles Company for Sustainable Development Lara Burgan thanked the Royal Court for its continued support of the initiative, which targets underprivileged families throughout the Kingdom. She noted that the campaign was organised in coordination with the JFDA, Ghor Al Safi and Prince Hamza hospitals, along with volunteer doctors and technicians from various healthcare institutions. Burgan also noted that the campaign will continue to organise free medical days in other regions across Jordan.
Jordan Times
24-03-2025
- Health
- Jordan Times
JFDA: 90 new medicines registered to achieve Jordan's drug security
AMMAN — The Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) has approved registration of 90 medicines, aimed to achieve Jordan's drug security, in accordance with the 2024 Special Drug Registration Instructions. In a statement Sunday, JFDA Director General, Dr. Nizar Mheidat, said the administration received 147 registration applications on the Drug Security List from relevant warehouses and local manufacturing companies. Mheidat added that the drug items approved for registration are mainly life-saving medications for chronic diseases, heart illnesses and cancer, including medicines required for government tenders or the local market and are unavailable locally. Mheidat noted the JFDA is "continuously" working to update these items based on drug inventory indicators and spur local pharmaceutical companies to manufacture and register medicines that may see shortages in their supply to the local market. Mheidat stated this process encourages companies to prioritize registration, inspection, and the necessary technical consultations when submitting their applications. Meanwhile, he indicated that some applications are still pending to complete submission of the necessary documents.
Ammon
25-02-2025
- Health
- Ammon
Morning, evening tours of markets during Ramadan, JFDA says
Ammon News - The Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) announced its control and awareness plan in preparation for the month of Ramadan and in continuation of periodic efforts throughout the year, to ensure the flow of safe and sound food to citizens and to continue control tours around the clock within a special program for morning and evening shifts to implement field tours and collect samples of food circulating in the markets and follow up on all complaints and observations received through various means of communication and deal with them as quickly as possible. In a press statement on Tuesday, JFDA Director General Nizar Mheidat, indicated that the plan includes mechanisms to simplify procedures and enhance the efficiency of completing transactions by the organization's cadres in customs centers and intensify efforts to detect, withdraw samples and analyze them in laboratories to ensure the flow of food supplies, especially Ramadan goods.
Jordan News
08-02-2025
- Business
- Jordan News
JFDA: Procedures underway to speed up food traders' transactions - Jordan News
Foodstuff Traders Association (FTA) and Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) discussed mechanisms to streamline procedures and speed up completion of transactions to secure food commodities during the holy month of Ramadan. اضافة اعلان According to a FTA statement Saturday, JFDA Director General Dr. Nizar Mhidat, instructed to increase inspection committees, lab testing teams and working hours at Jordan's customs centers to maintain and accelerate flow of food commodities "smoothly and without delay." During the meeting, Mhidat stressed the JFDA's commitment to enhancing flow of goods and products to the local market "without any obstacles," and simplify procedures for Jordan's food traders and importers, especially with the approach of Ramadan. Mhidat noted JFDA values "remarkable" role played by food importers and traders in providing food and basic commodities in the local market nonstop , which contributes to enhancing the Kingdom's security and strategic stock. Referring to the JFDA's multiple field tours to Jordan's food establishments, he said this effort is part of its "strategic" action plan to enhance partnership with various sectors concerned with food import operations and address their demands, in accordance with instructions and regulations in place. Meanwhile, FTA head, Khalil Haj Tawfiq, stressed "keenness" of Jordan's food trade sector to provide a "strategic" stock of food and basic materials in the local market throughout the year, especially Ramadan items.
