Responsibilities:

The administration is responsible for carrying out supervision and inspection to guarantee law enforcement, and clearance of all important products which are under jurisdiction of the SFDA.

Tasks:

  • Supervision and inspection of the pharmaceutical facilities.
  • Enforcing drug law and regulation
  • Monitoring of the manufacturing, distribution and prescription practices of narcotic medications, and issuing its import licenses.
  • Monitoring of narcotic medications consumption
  • Clearance of incoming medications to the Saudi Arabia and its raw material
  • Import license for unregistered medication

Departments:

  • Department of surveillance and Inspection.
  • Department of Release and Clearance.
  • Department of Narcotics.
    • Import license for narcotic medicines.
    • Narcotic drugs clearance.
    • Monitoring of narcotics consumption.