2011
DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.80305
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Regulatory Aspects of Pharmaceuticals’ Exports in Gulf Coopération Council Countries

Abstract: The Gulf cooperation council (GCC) region is considered as “Emerging market” for pharmaceutical export and bilateral trade. The understanding of the regulatory requirements of this region can be beneficial for pharmaceutical export. Some incidents of the year 2008-09, like recession or economic slowdown in highly well-off and regulated market of the EU and US, raised the demand for alternate destinations for business. The regulations of Gulf countries are encouraging the import of quality generic products, whi… Show more

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“…Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Kuwait [14]. The import of superior drug products is under the control of Gulf Countries [15]. The occurrence of a good regulatory system admires the excellent variety of medicines.…”
Section: Modulesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Kuwait [14]. The import of superior drug products is under the control of Gulf Countries [15]. The occurrence of a good regulatory system admires the excellent variety of medicines.…”
Section: Modulesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There are 23 Drug Manufacturing Units in UAE that create about 2500 medication at present, as opposed to 2010 when the country only had four manufacturing units (Nagraj, 2022). Foreign medicine that conforms to the UAE standards for safe consumption can be imported by UAE to maintain a steady supply of all types of medication within the country (Pateriya et al, 2011;Hassan et al, 2017). Generic medication in UAE has 60% lower prices than their branded counterparts (Nagraj, 2022).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), three pharmaceutical companies are manufacturing and marketing ibuprofen tablet dosage forms; therefore, to meet the demand of UAE people, several other brands are imported from around the globe. For importation of foreign medicine into the UAE, various approvals are required to ensure the drugs that are brought into the country are compliant with the UAE standards for safe consumption (Balasubramanian et al, 2015;Hassan et al, 2017;Pateriya et al, 2011). An important step to confirm similarity and interchangeability in pharmaceutical products is to determine the pharmaceutical equivalence.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%