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Lebanon launches national pharmacovigilance campaign and electronic mechanism for reporting side effects

Lebanon's Minister of Public Health Rakan Nasser al-Din announced the launch of the national pharmacovigilance campaign through an electronic tool that allows doctors and pharmacists to inform the ministry about drug side effects or patients not benefiting from medicines, at a press conference attended by a World Health Organization representative and the heads of the doctors' and pharmacists' syndicates. He also disclosed the preparation of a draft of updated criteria for registering biological and biosimilar drugs, and modern criteria for reviewing drug files in cooperation with the World Health Organization.

📍 Where things stand: The national pharmacovigilance campaign and its electronic mechanism have been announced, with the ministry tasked with investigating reports and taking appropriate measures, while work on the updated criteria for registering biological and biosimilar drugs continues.

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6 Nov 2026, 11:30 A short report reviews a new mechanism aimed at protecting patients from drug side effects in Lebanon.
6 Nov 2026, 11:39 Lebanon's Minister of Public Health Rakan Nasser al-Din announced the launch of the national pharmacovigilance campaign through an electronic tool allowing doctors and pharmacists to inform the ministry about drug side effects or patients not benefiting from them, during a press conference attended by a World Health Organization representative and the heads of the doctors' and pharmacists' syndicates. Nasser al-Din revealed the preparation of a draft of updated criteria for registering biological and biosimilar drugs in cooperation with the World Health Organization.
6 Nov 2026, 11:41 The head of the pharmacists' syndicate explained the pathway for reporting drug side effects, from detecting them to following up on patients.
6 Nov 2026, 16:20 Minister of Public Health Rakan Nasser al-Din announced the preparation of modern criteria for reviewing drug files in cooperation with the World Health Organization, and the launch of an electronic mechanism through the national pharmacovigilance campaign application that allows doctors and pharmacists to report directly drugs that do not achieve the required efficacy or cause side effects, with the ministry to investigate and take appropriate measures.

Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

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Lebanon Debate 11:39

A report in two minutes... a new mechanism to protect patients from drug side effects

Lebanon's Minister of Public Health Rakan Nasser El-Din announced the launch of the national pharmacovigilance campaign through an electronic tool allowing doctors and pharmacists …

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A two-minute report... a new mechanism to protect patients from drug side effects

A short report reviewing a new mechanism aimed at protecting patients from drug side effects in Lebanon.