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Former head of the Order of Pharmacists of Lebanon Joe Salloum said that activating the National Medicines Agency and advancing stalled health bills could have eased most of the country’s pharmaceutical and hospital-care crises. He asked what had happened to the patients—including cancer patients—who were harmed by delays in establishing the agency. Parliament approved the agency’s creation in 2021, and the Cabinet adopted its implementing decree, No. 1104, in 2025. Its responsibilities include registering medicines, testing their quality, combating counterfeiting and smuggling, and withdrawing non-compliant products. Salloum called for universal health coverage and a unified card that would cover 80% of costs, noting that these proposals are still under discussion and have not been officially implemented.
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