The head of the Lebanese Pharmacists Syndicate, Joe Salloum, stated to “Sputnik” that “a large part of the medicines for cancer and incurable diseases are cut off from the Lebanese market because they are subsidized and there are no funds for support,” noting that “a sustainable drug policy must be established, an integrated plan must be drawn up and the call for A conference for donors for a sustainable drug policy, and from here we appealed for a dialogue table to be held in order to give the issue of medicine the utmost importance.
He pointed out that “the majority of these medicines are outside the scope of legitimate pharmacies, either in illegal pharmacies, in shops, or via the Internet.” He explained, “As legitimate pharmacies, we emphasize the quality and quality of medicine, and to confirm that legal pharmacies are free of smuggled and counterfeit medicine. We launched a campaign through which the pharmacist pledges to abide by the official pricing and pledges to adhere to the legitimate medicine.”
And he considered that “today we have taken the status of personal prosecution in the Financial Public Prosecution against all forms of smuggling and forgery because it harms the patient’s health.”
He stated that “most of the smuggled medicines come from Türkiye, Syria, Iran and Pakistan.” He believed that “the danger of smuggled medicines is that they may be toxic and may be expired and preserved in the wrong way, and lead to the death of the patient, and certainly they do not cure or treat.” He stressed that “the smuggling of medicine from abroad to the inside takes place in light of the absence of oversight, lack of accountability and delay in accountability.”
2023-08-21 17:47:56
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