http://www.sfda.gov.sa© Saudi Food and Drug Authority. All rights reserved.Drug Sectorsfda@sfda.gov.sasfda@sfda.gov.saSFDA's RSS feeder 1.0.0.0http://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews30-7-2008e1.htmWed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT{825DD650-1180-4180-B6A1-64CFCD17510D}His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin Ahmed Alkanhal the acting vice executive president of the SFDA inaugurated the first session of discussing food regulation items in the headquarter of Chamber SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews23-7-2008e1.htmWed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT{67D91D95-AED8-42CD-B352-1B13464FF42A}The SFDA, represented by its drug sector, has developed a draft for the (Regulatory Framework for Drug Approvals) in accordance with the SFDA decree no 1 dated 7-1-1424H, which states that the SFDA regulates and controlsSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews23-7-2008e4.htmWed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT{6E29FE55-28FC-46C5-B220-889E7207DC89}Since the SFDA is interested in the cooperation of relative governmental as well as private authorities and people whom are concerned with the items of food regulation, the Chambers of Commerce in RiyadhSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews19-7-2008e1.htmSat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT{E1C1A3DB-4690-4009-9530-35FEF6105535}The SFDA electronic website (www. sfda.gov.sa) has completed its second year with noticeable progress as the number of its informational and educational subjects has increased impressively to 2025 subject; the main page has 210 news, food page has 67 news while drug page contains 332 news and the medical devices one has 24 news to sum up with 633 news. This concern of the SFDA reflects SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews6-7-2008e1.htmSun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT{2743674D-6164-4DCB-B7A5-04B38790846C}Responding to the invitation of the American Agriculture Ministry, his Excellency the vice executive president of food affairs in the SFDA Dr. Ibraheem bin Saad Almuhaize, has visited the USA with a SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews1-7-2008e1.htmTue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT{04EE2559-7E4C-4D22-9F32-1D704489E4DC}The SFDA (represented by a delegation from the medical devices sector) and some engineers from governmental and private hospitals have attended an advanced training course about running medical devices and investigating about SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews30-6-2008e2.htmMon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT{82C2583E-EF74-4F95-BEE7-B13FF4B8BB8E}The SFDA has established a program managements office as a new administration in accordance to its belief of the program management; which will work on achieving the SFDA strategy and vision that represents the SFDA as a regional pioneer authority in fields of food, drug and medical devices offers SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews23-6-2008e1.htmMon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT{3CCE7ACB-741D-4DAB-A871-4B00A7DB109A}His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin Ahmed Alkanhal, the acting vice executive president of the SFDA, and his Excellency Dr. Ibraheem bin Saad Almuhaize, the vice executive president of food affairs, have traveled to Berlin and Frankfort in Germany; in order to visit some laboratories SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews18-6-2008e1.htmWed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT{9FF7C961-DBF8-4824-AB19-E68737EF7557}Naif Arab University for Security Sciences (NAUSS), the Saudi Food and Drug Authority and the International Technical Cooperation Department of Police are organizing a workshop about counterfeit medicines entitled: "Counterfeit Medicines: from Awareness to a Global ReactionSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews10-5-2008e1.htmTue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT{873BCB5D-DB7D-4569-88D5-B6A5D19C3C78}The SFDA, represented by its drug sector, ended on the last Wednesday the activities of the workshops of regulating cosmetics in the Kingdom which were held in the Chambers of Commerce in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam; attended by concerned people whom SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews31-5-2008a1.htmSat, 31 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT{6C2A9B99-B8E4-49EE-924D-71B182FA3F29}The activities of drug pricing workshop which was held in the Intercontinental Hotel, has been ended on Wednesday; starting from 15 to 16- 5 1429H, that equals 20 to 21- 5- 2008. More than 300 participants SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews27-5-2008e1.htmTue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT{36D0AFC8-BA20-4B85-92B4-118B1388A8B3}In cooperation with King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research center, The SFDA organized a blood donation campaign on Monday, 14-5-1429H that equals SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews11-5-2008e6.htmSun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT{979CD77E-2C52-4E25-82CF-F07E145640EF}The drug sector of the SFDA, cooperating with the Chambers of Commerce in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam, intends to hold three workshops entitled (Regulating Cosmetics in the Kingdom), the first workshop will be held in Riyadh on Saturday, 12-5-1429H that equals 17-5-2008, in the Chamber of Commerce headquarterSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/NR/exeres/206959CC-65C7-4B25-B0CE-D61E5C61399B.htmSat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT{206959CC-65C7-4B25-B0CE-D61E5C61399B}The rise in costs of pharmaceutical products in general affects all sectors of the health care industry, including private insurers and patients. This workshop shall give an overview on the international pricing SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews10-5-2008e2.htmSat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT{0B0EF13E-2B5B-4260-9305-50492FBC6667}The SFDA held a meeting with the president of the Indonesian Drug and Food Authority, aiming to exchange experiences between the two countries concerning having more control about the safety of imported food and drug. The President of the Indonesian Drug and Food Authority Dr. Hassina was informed about the mechanisms of registering drugs and the National Drug SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews6-5-2008e2.htmTue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT{5F332B44-F107-4DFE-98E5-786837DFD63D}His Royal Highness Prince Dr. Bandar bin Salman bin Muhammad Al Saud, the Consultant of the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques, has visited the SFAD in its headquarter in Riyadh, on Monday 29-4-1429H, that equals 5-5-2008. Dr. Mohammad bin Ahmed AlkanhalSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews-6-5-2008e1.htmTue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT{A84943FD-4993-4F40-AC1F-DCE36B1091C7}The SFDA has received an invitation to participate in the competition of digital distinction (Raqmi), in its fourth yea,r which is organized by the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. The Ministry concentrates on the Arabic content SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews30-4-2008e1.htmWed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT{C9854CEF-63BA-43A1-9C72-EE983A9DF1CF}The SFDA, represented by its food sector, hosted a Netherlands delegation specialized in field of food safety during the 21st to the 23rd of Rabee Alakher, 1428H; that equals the 27th to the 29th of April, 2008, in order to discuss means of cooperation and exchange experiences between the SFDA and the Netherlands Authority of Food Safety and Consumers Products about modern SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews29-4-2008e1.htmTue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT{F9EFBE12-7E8E-4ACB-9954-3013860606CC}The SFDA, represented by its medical devices sector, has joined the National Competent Authority Report (NCAR) that belongs to the Global Harmonization Task Force (GHTF), which includes SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews29-4-2008e2.htmTue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT{26D62DBE-5F98-4B18-93FC-EC985B0851A4}The SFDA, represented by its medical devices sector, participated in the second Saudi Medical Exhibition under the auspices of his Excellency the Minister of Health Dr. Hamad bin Abdullah Almane. It was held in Al-Jeraisy Hall in Riyadh, on the 15th to the 18th of Rabee Alakher, 1429H; and supervised SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews22-4-2008e1.htmTue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT{94B81446-E5C8-4B1B-B86B-3411C92AA414}The SFDA, represented by its drug sector, intends to organize a workshop about drugs pricing, in Riyadh Intercontinental during the 15-16-5-1429H, 20-21-5-2008, in order to improve the mechanism of drug pricing, to have pricing rules that assure providing medicine around the Kingdom with suitable prices and fulfill the interest of all parties. The SFDA, by this workshop, seeks to review SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews23-4-2008e1.htmWed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT{2E24A3CD-82CF-41FF-BCA1-3CFE9EC8B4CA}The SFDA, represented by its Food Sector, accompanied with the Saudi delegation specialized in Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, that belongs to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, participated in the Forty- First meeting of Sanitary SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews19-4-2008e1.htmSat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT{FF90001B-2EFC-4FBC-A653-0312F552455F}According to what has been mentioned in media about the Italian mozzarella cheese contaminated by dioxin, the SFDA confirms that it knew about the contamination since it happened and it has issued an article about it on its website on 24-3-1429H that equals 1-4-2008. The Italian government insured to the European Union that the contaminated products have not been exported out of Italy SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews14-4-2008e1.htmMon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT{656FFFBD-E7D9-4BBA-9868-E9C36C94D12B}The SFDA hosted Dr. Osama Fayyad, the Executive Vice President of Research and Strategic Data Solutions of Yahoo company, which has the well known search engine Yahoo! on Monday, in order to discuss cooperation means between the two parts in fields of developing information intranet portals and electronic publishing. Dr. Fayyad also delivered a lecture entitled "Researching and Electronic SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews16-4-2008e1.htmWed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT{8D6CEF0C-CD7F-47A2-9891-C760F60491FE}The SFDA, represented by its Medical Devices Sector, held the first consultation meeting with officials and supervisors of medical devices and products administrations in the Ministries of Health that belong to Gulf Cooperating Countries, in the SFDA headquarter SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews9-4-2008e1.htmWed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT{4DA47C40-4F9C-4F38-A152-6EF9CAC048AD}The SFDA, represented by its food sector, emphasized the wrongness of what have been stated lately in local media about recommending Consuming raw milk and its products without pasteurization, as they might lose their nutritive values and benefits SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews8-4-2008e1.htmTue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT{5F3E87E3-6AA0-44EC-BA87-6CC439D15E93}The SFDA hosts Dr. Osama Fayyad, the Executive Vice President of Research and Strategic Data Solutions and Chief Data Officer of Yahoo! on Monday, 14-4-2008, in order to discuss means of cooperation in fields of developing information intranet portals and electronic publishing. In additionSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews2-4-2008e1.htmWed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT{9DBF6962-0DB9-4046-BDF7-5F4447425FDA}On Monday 24th of March, 2008, The drug sector at the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) hosted a lecture about generic drugs. The lecture was presented by Dr. Sultan Ghani, the expert in quality assessment of generic drugs SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews1-4-2008e1.htmTue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT{A18C0E65-96A5-4423-ACCC-D48761B668BC}The last poll raised in the SFDA intranet portal was about the awareness of website visitors about drugs side effects and if they concern about asking pharmacists about them. 43% of participants (which is the majority), do not ask about drugs SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews2-4-2008e2.htmWed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT{5FCB52D6-7CFB-416A-9DB8-52C3F0B76A98}From the 17th to the 21th of March, 2008, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) participated in a workshop on the regulations of clinical trials which was held in Thailand. The director of the department of research SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews30-3-2008e1.htmSun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT{423DEF1F-0F26-4A6C-A8E3-4DF23B1EB42B}The SFDA represented by its food and drug sectors, participated in the "ISO/ SASO Regional Workshop on Stakeholders Participation in International Standardization" which was organized by the Saudi Arabian Standards Organization from 15 to 16 -3- 1429H, in cooperation SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews22-3-2008e1.htmSat, 22 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT{99DF5707-1841-4932-BC87-D5929E7E5C7F}A delegation of Environment and Health Affairs Committee that belongs to Majlis Ash-shura has visited the SFDA on Tuesday, 10-3-1429H, headed by the committee president Dr. Mohsen bin Ali Alhazmi. The delegation has been received by His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin Ahmed Alkanhal, the Acting Executive SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews27-2-2008e1.htmWed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT{28F4BA17-FCC4-4CDB-B924-40118C2B76BA}From 23th , 24th of February, the Drug Sector holds a training program on the assessment of pharmaceutical products file system(EURS is yours) which has been granted by the sector recently. This system used to estimate the electronic registration files. The vice president for drug affairs, the preparation SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/NR/exeres/C2B39EC3-13D6-4C13-8092-FAEDF7A2B68C.htmWed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT{C2B39EC3-13D6-4C13-8092-FAEDF7A2B68C}The SFDA, represented by its medical devices sector, joined the Safety Alert Dissemination System (SADS) that belongs to the Asian Harmonization Working Party (AHWP), which includes SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews20-2-2008e1.htmWed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT{6C14B49E-C247-4C4C-A481-7A16E0D1B60D}The SFDA recently raised a poll in its intranet portal about separating ready food from raw meat and poultry during marketing. It has revealed that 40.74% of participants separate them and realize the importance of this act, while the same percentage of participants SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews6-2-2008e1.htmWed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT{0B6DE3C2-F9FA-47F3-8906-9E85FC76A936}The Food Sector held a workshop about "WTO Agreements and Their Effect on Food Trade" in collaboration with the UNDP on Tuesday 5.2.2008 at the SFDA office in Riyadh. The workshop instructor, Dr. Mohsen Helal, addressed several WTO agreements with special SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews3-2-2008e1.htmSun, 03 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT{92F60E7F-6BC3-494B-89F9-805186FCA004}The Food Sector at the SFDA is going to hold a workshop about " WTO Agreements and their effects on the Saudi Food Imports" on Tuesday 5.2.2008 (10:00 A.M – 12:00 P.M) in the SFDA auditorium. The workshop is prepared SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews29-1-2008e1.htmTue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT{15C9ACDF-EE81-4D86-AB6A-353B9F196ECC}The SFDA, Food Sector prepared a workshop about food safety and traceability aspects in collaboration with a team of exports from the US CDC, and National Food Institute DTU. Dr. Frederick J. Angulo, Deputy Brach Chief of the CDC, gave a presentation entitled " Food borne disease: Surveillance and Response" in which he illustrated some examples SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews29-1-2008e2.htmTue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT{79015614-E753-4371-BBBF-529C63C09202}A team of experts from the CDC visits the SFDA to contribute to the Food Safety Surveillance Program developed by the Food Sector. The visit, taking place during the period 26-30.1.2008, comes as part of efforts exerted by the SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews5-12-2008e1.htmSat, 05 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT{CE670BEC-CF4F-4287-8EF9-D905ACD38757}His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin Ahmed Alkanhal, the Acting Executive President of the SFDA, stated that in conformity with the directions of His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, the Minister of  SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews29-12-2007e1.htmSat, 29 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT{05D867AB-42A6-4658-A49B-A26AA15C36EA}The SFDA held a reception and congratulatory party in its centre to celebrate the occasion of Aladha blessed Eid. The executive president of SFDA D. Mohammed Alkanhal headed the attendance SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews9-12-2007e1.htmSun, 09 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT{61D20DA1-EBA3-4C70-9DCB-A1F1F080FB0E}His Excellency the Minister of Communication and Information Technology Eng. Muhammad Jameel Mulla delivered the prize of Digital Distinction (Raqmi) – the branch of Electronic Health- to His Excellency the General Manager of Information Technology in the SFDA Dr. Saad bin Uthman Alkasabi during the celebration SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews25-11-2007e4.htmSun, 25 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT{EEF602D4-95EA-40EF-89F5-35B150DEC2B8}Regarding inquiries arrived to SFDA about birds flu and if human may get infection by the virus from poultry meat and egg, d. Ibraheem bin Saad Almuhaize, the Vice President of Food Affairs, stated that although birds flu virus transfers directly to humanSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews26-11-2007e3.htmMon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT{D936FD35-F2E7-4EE5-9E95-447985055370}His Excellency prof. Mohammed bin Ahmed Alkanhal, the Acting Executive President of the SFDA, inaugurated the activities of prevention week against poisoning during the 14th to the 20th of Thulqida, 1428H, which equals the 24th to the 30th of November, 2007, in Madareem Crown SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews26-11-2007e5.htmMon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT{01079C1F-BD90-418A-9048-31CE7E1AA32D}His Excellency d. Muhammad bin Ahmed Alkanhal, the Acting Executive President of the SFDA inaugurates a scientific workshop that aims to discuss methods of studying and assessing drug stability, from Sunday to Monday,22-23\11\1428H that equals 2-3\12\2007.Within the workshop activitiesSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews25-11-2007e1.htmSun, 25 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT{034DC500-B8A8-4A7C-8C4C-CD5463C9D7EA}The SFDA has held a celebration on Saturday, the 14th of Thulqida, 1427H, on the occasion of inaugurating the National Registry of Medical Devices and Products in the Kingdom. It was attended by representatives of governmental authorities and companies SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews20-11-2007e4.htmTue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT{7A944FF6-6424-48DA-944E-E7ADFC4FF373}In accordance with the continuity of scientific lectures which organized by drug sector and the firms that related to its work, The sector holds a scientific lecture by the name of (the stability of biological products). This has been done within SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews19-11-2007e1.htmMon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT{B3020F65-C953-42DF-AFA5-FC4818ED7FE7}Professor: Mohamed Ahmed Al-Kanhal the acting executive president of the (SFDA) stated that the Saudi Food and Drug Authority prepared a long term strategy which aims to present an educational SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews14-11-2007e4.htmWed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT{3D8F5F83-C525-4574-B4F6-43F8DC0C3DD0}The SFDA web site (www.sfda.govs.sa) on internet has gained the first position in Raqmi's Prize – the branch of electronic health for year 2007. The SFDA received the prize as a result of its hard work and continuous effort toward achieving best quality SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews12-11-2007e1.htm.htmMon, 12 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT{F42C39C3-6C30-4CC0-B4C0-3C93DAC35C98}Dr. Saleh Abdullah Bawazeer the Vice President for Drug Affairs and the representative of the Gulf Corporation Council (GCC) in international corporation group which emerge from international conference for accordantSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews05-11-2007e1.htmMon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT{5EAC8DC0-61C3-45F4-A7B1-98547E413305}The SFDA has held a workshop entitled '' Food Services Offered to Pilgrims and how to Monitor them'' in Almadinah Almunawarah during the 17th to the 19th-10-1428H, coordinating with Almadinah Almunawarah Municipality. The workshop coincided with the arrival of first pilgrims multitude and aimed to develop workers performance SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews30-10-2007e1.htmTue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT{CAF6BB96-5D85-474F-B07F-760D91FAF14E}Palace in Jeddah, headed by his Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Alsaud (May Allah Protect him), Ministers Council approved the appointment of new members SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews27-10-2007e1.htmSat, 27 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT{2B34303A-AAD8-43A4-B986-917A5CC8BE1A}Within the framework of continuous meetings organized by the SFDA (represented by its Drug sector) with related authorities, the first meeting with officials in ministries concerned with duties of monitoring and registering human and veterinary SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews27-10-2007e2.htmSat, 27 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT{4A59013E-37BB-45A0-A857-D29CC428BB83}The SFDA- represented by its Drug sector- organized an informational meeting for students of Nursing College in it's headquarter. During the meeting,SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews11-10-2007e1.htmTue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT{162E0177-5222-4672-97DE-753868E18BE0}The SFDA has raised lately in its intranet portal a poll about the most attractive means of gaining information about food and health. Majority of participants, which is 29.43% chose specialized authorities as a reliable source for such informationSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews20-10-2007e1.htmSat, 20 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT{C34A0A3F-FB39-49BA-888C-5B82DCF569BB}The SFDA held a congratulatory and reception party in its' headquarter on the occasion of Eid Alfitr (Lesser Bairam), d. Mohammed Alkanhal the executive SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews24-9-2007e1.htmMon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT{F30AFC08-C2C3-43DF-A876-900F238AA1F7}His Royal Highness Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, the Vice President of Ministers Council, the Minister of Defense and Aviation, the General Inspector, and the Chairman of the SFDA Board of Directors, headed during yesterday night the seventh SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews3-10-2007e3.htmWed, 03 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT{F53F3974-C674-476F-A4E0-FCD18BD47EE7}The SFDA raised a question in its intranet portal poll about the sources from which people gain information about food and health, aiming to discover the extent of people awareness.The poll revealed SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews27-8-2007e1.htmMon, 27 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT{77062373-8492-4A51-B7B8-2E1B7958682E}During the SFDA continuous work of investigating and analyzing new samples of local made as well as imported toothpastes available in the local market, it discovered SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews23-8-2007e1.htmThu, 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT{02810411-2EDA-4A8A-B3AA-0E832706990D}According to SFDA concern about citizens' health and safety, the Authority collected 40 samples of imported and local made toothpastes from the local market. After analyzing these samplesSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews22-8-2007e1.htmWed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT{10EF1D4D-4F81-4C78-817B-6234E8DFFCF6}It is a toxic substance that grows in corps (especially peanuts, corn and nuts) by greenish gray fungal molds like Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasticus.SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/A+Clarification+about+what+has+been+Written+in+Riyadh+Newspaper+Regarding+%28Carcinogen+Nuts+Sold+in+R.htmSat, 18 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT{0D50F715-08D2-49CD-8819-A06010862AD6}Referring to what has been written in Riyadh Newspaper on Tuesday 2-8-1428H, number (14296), regarding a report entitled ''Carcinogen Nuts Sold in Riyadh Markets'', the SFDA seeks to clarify a fact to people in general and those who made it since it contains SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews12-8-2007e1.htmSun, 12 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT{CD7A00D5-D152-4CE3-A3BA-EC1CA6FA00AE}The SFDA, represented by its medical devices sector, released a trail copy of the Medical Devices National Registry on internet, in accordance with the SFDA system that was issued by a royal decree no (6/m), on 25-1-1428H which commissioned the SFDA to bare the responsibilities of monitoring SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews5-8-2007e1.htmTue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT{F21A0282-9C01-4C96-9DF4-34CEEDFA4516}Standardization Organization for GCC organizes a workshop about Systems of Food Safety Management (ISO 22000) cooperating with the General Administration for Standards and Specifications in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in Sultanate of Oman and the Turkish SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews24-7-2007e1.htmTue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT{308D35A6-54D6-41C5-861A-6C1E1FEAC611}The SFDA inaugurated its new service on the internet "SFDA in the press". Until now, more than 130 news have been added in order to shed light on the SFDA efforts SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews25-7-2007a2.htmWed, 25 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT{BCEAC1EB-FA8B-4373-9C9D-E961B0B26390}For diabetics, insulin is the appropriate hormone which controls the level of sugar in blood. Yet, there are several effective methods to control SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews18-7-2007e2.htmWed, 18 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT{5E582B16-57DC-438E-8F69-432F61F27B08}The SFDA formed common workgroups with the Saudi Immigration in order to build up a new strategic cooperation to enhance the SFDA role in the land borders of the Kingdom. During the hostage of the SFDA to his Excellency the Saudi SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews18-7-2007e1.htmWed, 18 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT{0786ED95-8617-4D18-8A38-E580D8A07493}The Food Sector of the SFDA, attended the 39th meeting of the committee on" Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)". The meeting was held in William Robert Center in Geneva SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews15-7-2007e1.htmSun, 15 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT{86E7BA01-CAB9-436D-AAB5-5908B28C6855}The SFDA, represented by Prof. Ibrahim Al Mohizea, Vice President of Food Affairs, and Dr. Salah Al Miman, the Food Sector advisor, participated in the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards 30TH Session which took place SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews11-7-2007e1.htmWed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT{3EAC44CC-7BE6-4A02-8748-5ACEC639E650}Preparing healthy and clean food is a big responsibility that lied on the shoulders of consumers and producers. Manufacturers of meat and poultry carry on some procedures to insure healthiness SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews3-7-2007e1.htmTue, 03 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT{E7302634-B7C2-4C25-9C13-D9EEC182549C}The SFDA represented by the medical devices sector had organized three workshops to discuss the SFDA primary legislations draft of medical devices regulation SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews1-7-2007e1.htmSun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT{AE860BB4-52D8-4C94-87A9-8B032AE3DCF7}The SFDA food sector hosted a Netherlands delegation represented by Mr. Fritz Foscht, the Official of the International Cooperation in the Netherlands Authority of Food Safety and Consumer Products, SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews4-7-2007e1.htmWed, 04 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT{43175C76-1D94-4F6D-A755-4607018B06DC}Children are God's gifts; and it is really important to concern about their food since they are more subjected to catch infections SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews26-6-2007e2.htmWed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT{11CCDFC8-C8B5-4872-93DB-81C75336B23A}The SFDA (represented by its drug sector) cooperating with the Netherlands Center of Pharmacovigilance (Lareb) have organized a workshop about pharmacovigilance on Sunday and Monday the 9th and 10th of Jumada Alakher, 1428H, in the SFDA headquarter SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews26-6-2007e1-1.htmTue, 26 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT{337D1FA7-E289-41F9-99C2-DC725E98BE0F}A large number of people participated in a poll of the SFDA about the less polluted and healthier food. 54.27% believe that food produced locally is healthier and less polluted, while 27.64% chose imported SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews25-6-2007e1.htmMon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT{30010B0B-4074-4CED-BCBC-22522B71649D}In some nations, white skin considered a feature of beauty! So a lot of people hope that they can change the color of their skin!SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews23-6-2007e1.htmSat, 23 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT{C0B51CD5-DA13-4AD8-A8BB-0E0BF2313496}Cooperating with King Faisal Specialist Hospital, the SFDA is organizing a campaign for blood donation starting from Saturday 8-6-1428H, corresponding to 23-6-2007AD and It will last for three days starting SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews19-6-2007e1.htmTue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT{8BF36979-A6C0-448B-A442-C984C2D76AA3}His Royal Highness Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz headed the session which was held by the Ministers Council on Monday afternoon in Alyamama Palace in Riyadh. Several resolutions SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews19-6-2007e2.htmTue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT{8476AA4E-7E89-481F-860E-118DCE0D07AD}His Excellency d. Mohammed bin Ahmed Alkanhal, the acting executive president of the SFDA declared that the Authority, represented by its medical devices and products sector and cooperating SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews18-6-2007e1.htmMon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT{02F61E2B-2DF4-4C5F-AC36-7B8A52E40B40}The Saudi Food & Drug Authority represented by the Medical Devices Sector is delighted to invite: Manufacturers, companies, corporations, factories, vendors SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews13-6-2007e5.htmWed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT{5FE535C2-7482-47AA-8355-82CE2A04F289}The SFDA food sector is planning to establish a center to monitor residues of pesticides and chemical pollutants in food. In this regard, d. Ibraheem bin Saad Almuhaize, the vice executive president of food affairs stated that food sector SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews13-6-2007e2.htmWed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT{EAC7AFCF-8489-4831-87FD-54B27C3DB0A0}Consumers are urged not to buy or use four health products and two proprietary Chinese medicines that contain potentially hazardous ingredients which can cause side effects, the Department SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews13-6-2007e1.htmWed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT{697E3E81-D305-4E49-A96D-E693C6BF0C23}Cocking food safely is related to heat degrees. Specialists of food safety have concluded that food is considered well done when it is cooked for along adequate time on high degree SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews12-6-2007e1.htmTue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT{D50FDDC2-E5DD-4581-A652-817F6E0D06FD}The SFDA, represented by its food sector, organizes a lecture entitled "Best International Procedures for Limiting Pesticides Residue in Food and Lessons of Other Countries Experiences". The lecture is addressed by the vice general SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews6-6-2007e1.htmWed, 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT{DD7DAB76-FAA5-4561-B9D4-641F71A058DE}The SFDA, represented by its medical devices sector, participated in the first international medical exhibition which was held in the Four Season Hotel in Riyadh and inaugurated by his Excellency d. Hamad bin Abdullah Almanee, the minister of health. It worthSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews6-6-2007e3.htmWed, 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT{76464409-94F4-448A-B74A-898F96BA363B}There are several substitutional applicable methods to insure the safety of dinking water in places that lack necessary health conditions or where faucets water is not chlorinatedSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews6-6-2007e4.htmWed, 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT{44BE7FA1-93D5-49B6-A548-543C8B8FD2AE}A number of SFDA employees from its different sectors has attended the workshop of GSO (Standardization Organization for GCC) and UNIDO (United Nation Industrial Development Organization) entitled "Harmonization SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews23-5-2007e2.htmWed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT{4E893DAB-58E6-4F81-B279-48EBA14DC947}In a poll raised by the SFDA on its intranet portal about advertisements of drugs and food products, 68.35% voted that they do not trust such ads and consumers are deceived by them. However, 24.31% think that they are realistic to some extent, while 3.67% believe SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews23-5-2007e1.htmWed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT{59C5E3DB-932C-4FB6-ABDB-0D32A5641524}D. David Jukes, an international food laws expert and a professor of food law in Reading University, examined the Saudi food law draft SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews30-5-2007e1.htmWed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT{3DAFFE14-B03E-4438-8AFB-8615E158157E}Some of SFDA employees participated in a symposium entitled "Activities of Authorizing Products and Procedures of Conformity Assessment", which was organized by the Saudi Arabia authority of standards and specifications. The participants SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews23-5-2007e3.htmWed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT{36351820-31B1-415D-B773-6C2C74B35A62}The SFDA drug sector started an educational program of medicine; which aims to introduce the authority, raise consumers awareness about issues related to drugs and their different kinds whether herbal or chemical and the SFDA role in protecting the community. As a first step, six million SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews19-5-2007e2.htmSat, 19 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT{79E4F0BC-8FD3-4F6B-A963-58221BA21861}The SFDA, represented by its food sector, participated in the fifth meeting of agricultural marketing which was organized by the agricultural department in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Riyadh and entitled (Agricultural Markets, Contracts- itemization- Globalizm). The vice executive SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews19-5-2007e1.htmSat, 19 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT{3A33FBBE-57B9-4601-AD89-CEA95552BABD}Since the SFDA believe in importance of improving systems and laws of food in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and within the project of setting a Saudi food law draft, the SFDA organized a meeting SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews15-5-2007e1.htmTue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT{1BE5C7AE-B5C5-4968-A359-4363CB039AE3}has completed a first aid course given by the Saudi Red Crescent Assembly cooperating with the administrative services department. The course was held in the main hall of the SFDA SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews13-5-2007e1.htmSun, 13 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT{30D110B8-A57C-4385-8C33-5E0607238267}. Mohammed bin Ahmed Alkanhal the executive acting president of the SFDA stated that the survey of monitoring food sector foreign workers revealed that it is a big challenge to the SFDA since SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/NR/exeres/956F27AA-658B-4CB0-9C58-C82AE3C4452E.htmMon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT{956F27AA-658B-4CB0-9C58-C82AE3C4452E}The agricultural committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Riyadh organizes the fifth meeting of agricultural marketing todaySFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews14-5-2007e1.htmMon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT{19D43F25-63FD-4FA9-8549-DC0166503E6F}The SFDA, represented by its medical devices and products sector, participated in the sixth meeting of the technical committees that belong to the Asian Harmonization Working SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews12-5-2007e1.htmSat, 12 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT{980E7FB2-2220-41F1-9FFB-5F57C8D0E3CE}The "Saudi Health Care Exhibition" activities and the Fourteenth International Forum of medicine, insurance, dentistry, pharmacology, scientific equipments and laboratories supplies will start under the auspices SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews2-5-2007e2.htmWed, 02 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT{D69DF771-1CA6-4A19-B961-F360A8055F33}The S.F.D.A intranet portal visitors (www.sfda.gov.sa) have doubled in the last four months. During the last January, the number of visits reached (9105), while SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews2-5-2007e1.htmSat, 05 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT{A9050C55-A71B-43AE-AB93-82FF567CA0F8}The S.F.D.A (represented by its drug sector) participated in the workshop of pharmaceutical products intellectual property which is organized by the Chamber of Commerce SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews1-5-2007e2.htmTue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT{C587B377-45FE-49B9-B3F3-60EC511C3D98}. Mohammed Alkanhal the president of the S.F.D.A confirmed that it is the regionally pioneer authority in food and drug fields and he warned against SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews1-5-2007e1.htmTue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT{A1B6FEE4-553E-46D2-9077-D175F9FD61D8}The agricultural committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Riyadh organizes the fifth meeting of agricultural marketing entitled (Globalism), on Tuesday the 28th of Rabee Athanee SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews25-4-2007e5.htmWed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT{433E043A-215F-4DF8-9CDF-8E6E8D88E477}Since the S.F.D.A plays a distinctive educational role, it ( represented by its drug sector) has offered several advices regarding the issue of pharmaceutical awareness SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews25-4-2007e2.htmWed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT{B4363C1B-F3E8-4381-AF19-B28D529DF5D3}The devices sector of the S.F.D.A cooperating with the International Bank hosted some experts of medical devices and products control relating to world control authorities during SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews25-4-2007e3.htmWed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT{9B427D18-36FE-4B1C-82AF-26A65D151CD2}The S.F.D.A has raised a poll in its intranet portal about the existence of a control system to guarantee the safety, efficiency and quality of medical devices and products SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews24-4-2007e3.htmTue, 24 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT{5EBE9EF5-3ABC-4889-A49F-5E4B9F894429}His Excellency the vice president of food affairs d. Ibraheem bin Saad Almuhaize received a delegation from New Zealand and the meeting was attended by a number SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews22-4-2007e1.htmSun, 22 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT{8E0642A0-9823-47C7-A0AA-5B5FF518356F}The S.F.D.A revealed yesterday in Jeddah that it intends to emanate a comprehensive plan to control food that passes through the Saudi borders. D. Mohammed bin Ahmed Alkanhal SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews11-4-2007e1.htmWed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT{FEF2D63E-3E80-4B15-A2B5-0A645ADFD69C}A delegate of the S.F.D.A ( from its drug and information technology sectors) visited the National Pharmaceutical Control Bureau ( NPCB ) in Malaysia during SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews4-4-207e1.htmWed, 04 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT{C5265185-0092-4E83-98EA-57D2B22D85E1}Within the cooperation framework of the S.F.D.A and the other governmental authorities, a delegate of the S.F.D.A participated in the meeting which was held by the authority of improving the holy Mecca and Madinah in order to discuss the cooperation possibilities with the concerned authorities to improve the catering SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews4-4-207-e2.htmWed, 04 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT{B119E59D-E579-41CC-8479-D40105F4B07A}His royal highness prince Saud bin Abdulmuhsen bin Abdulaziz the prince of Hail honored the acting executive president of the S.F.D.A d. Mohammed bin Ahmed Alkanhal during his participation in the activities SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews3-4-2007e4.htmTue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT{FD58DB78-5F57-4193-ABB5-9190CAED49BE}Under the auspices of his royal highness prince Fahad bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, the prince of Tabook and the honorary president of the Saudi SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews3-4-2007e3.htmTue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT{6F186D90-78FF-4526-8619-727B8ECB7DBC}The executive Authority of health ministers council that belongs to the cooperation council countries has confirmed in its sixty six meeting the activation of the regional readiness plan SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews2-4-2007e1.htmTue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT{3DE9AA89-63C5-4CA9-A4E1-7E90733A88E0}King Saud University Press in Riyadh has issued a book entitled Food Microbiology written by d. Ibraheem bin Saad Almuhaize, a professor in food and nutrition sciences section in the college SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews26-3-2007e1.htmMon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT{4EDCAD8F-076B-4FC1-AF8C-626934F67B37}The acting executive president of the S.F.D.A d. Mohammed bin Ahmed Alkanhal confirmed that the S.F.D.A is working now on developing national qualified staff who work SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews21-3-2007e2.htmWed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT{55A0AC69-04A2-4156-8BE7-FE609DE54346}Within the third agricultural plan program (the investment horizons in Hail) which is made under the auspices of his royal highness prince Saud bin Abdulmuhsen bin Abdulaziz Al Saud the prince of Hail and organized SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/NR/exeres/85E64570-11CA-4113-AD87-FF91D4678804.htmWed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT{85E64570-11CA-4113-AD87-FF91D4678804}The S.F.D.A represented by its food sector organizes a workshop about "laboratories authorization" during the 5th to the 6th of Rabee Alawal, 1428H, which corresponds to the 24th to the 25th of March, 2007, in the main hall of SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews21-3-2007e1.htmWed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT{B4586C0D-E529-4AB1-8BCF-B15286A20B06}His royal highness prince Fahad bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz the prince of Tabuk and the honorary president of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society inaugurated the Seventh World Pharmaceutical Saudi Conference in Prince Sultan Main Hall at Alfaisalia under the title SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews18-3-2007e1.htmSun, 18 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT{6C4FE5B7-B80F-4E85-BA81-04B3D87BC935}The S.F.D.A represented by its drug sector participated in the fourth common meeting of the animal wealth committee and the officials of health ministries which belong to the countries of Gulf Cooperation Council on Monday the 15th of Safar, 1428H corresponding to the 5th of MarchSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews18-3-2007e2.htmSun, 18 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT{6977A67B-549F-455F-9D6C-6648EC2FFD58}The S.F.D.A represented by its drug sector held its second meeting with the managers of the scientific bureaus and regional managers of international companies at the S.F.D.A largest hall in Riyadh, on the last Tuesday SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews7-3-2007e4.htmWed, 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT{70C6D8CE-324F-4791-92B5-7C9ED9D6AAFC}D. Ibraheem bin Saad Almuhaize the S.F.D.A vice executive chairman of food affairs participated in the national symposium of food safety which was held in Sultanate of Oman during the 3rd and 4th of March 2007.His Excellency delivered a work SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews7-3-2007e2.htmWed, 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT{17B25E35-8804-4BCF-A949-C4F83EA47E04}The S.F.D.A food sector organizes a training course for its employees starting from 13-2-1428 H. and lasting for three weeks. The course aims to inform the employees about the latest SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews7-3-2007e3.htmTue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT{3234B0E5-D45B-41B6-80AD-313B75627E82}His Excellency the designate executive chairman of the S.F.D.A d. Mohammed bin Ahmed Alkanhal headed the meeting of the S.F.D.A represented by its drug sector in which it invited national companies of drugs.At the beginning of the meetingSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews7-3-2007e5.htmWed, 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT{C550AB78-1827-4D9A-AD32-FF9A2F5FD9E7}D. Ibraheem bin Saad Almuhaize the S.F.D.A vice executive chairman of food affairs participated in the national symposium of food safety which was held in Sultanate of Oman during the 3rd and 4th of March 2007.His Excellency delivered a work SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/NR/exeres/3B2A47CD-DFBD-45E5-BF8C-C2E9EC06B074.htmWed, 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT{3B2A47CD-DFBD-45E5-BF8C-C2E9EC06B074}The S.F.D.A food sector organizes a training course for its employees starting from 13-2-1428 H. and lasting for three weeks. The course aims to inform the employees about the latest SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews6-3-2007a1.htmTue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT{CD569A05-0C36-43DB-B266-8ECEBEE8AD7B}His Excellency the designate executive chairman of the S.F.D.A d. Mohammed bin Ahmed Alkanhal headed the meeting of the S.F.D.A represented by its drug sector in which SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews6-3-2007e6.htmTue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT{2F7DF374-6EC4-4E6E-9124-2788BBFAF693}His Excellency the health minister d. Hamad bin Abdullah Almane inaugurated the Saudi Gulf symposium of chronic diseases and the first meeting of the specialist health societies which were organized by the health ministry within the framework of its cooperation withSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews28-2-2007e1.htmTue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT{3DE07A04-97A0-44C9-92F3-9A2378D22344}The S.F.D.A made its first meeting headed by his Excellency the designate vice executive officer of the S.F.D.A d. Mohammed bin Ahmed Alkanhal and attended by their Excellencies the vice chairmen, the general managers SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews28-2-2007e2.htmWed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT{BAA293C5-CA49-480C-88EE-9DCB7E8187B6}Under the sponsorship of his Excellency d. Fahd bin Abdurrahman Algunaim the minister of agriculture, the agriculture ministry organizes the first agricultural meeting activities which includes working SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews26-2-2007e1.htmMon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT{2516C22E-6968-4448-8A37-E5DD313C30D6}According to reliable official resources, the S.F.D.A ensured recently that nothing has confirmed the harmful effects of titanium dioxide on health when it is used as a food additive SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews24-2-2007e1.htmSat, 24 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT{95F79AD6-B727-46AD-9355-5EF18BAF2191}The S.F.D.A clarified that the titanium dioxide which is added to halawa tahinia (a kind of sweet contains milled sesame and sugar ……….) is one of the permitted food SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews25-2-2007e1.htmSun, 25 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT{79E9121B-82C5-41A3-AA28-59325A8C2B3A}The S.F.D.A (represented by its medical devices sector) participated in the meeting of the Asian Harmonization Working Party (AHWP) that was held in Kyoto- Japan. During the meeting, the Common Submission Dossier SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews21-2-2007e1.htmWed, 21 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT{D4017713-3931-4C72-80FA-8B9A4E6C71E5}D. Saleh Bawazeer the S.F.D.A vice chairman of drug affairs declared to Almadinah newspaper that the establishment of the first national center to control SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews20-2-2007e1.htmTue, 20 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT{88331247-9A47-4400-8F5C-97637D9DECA9}D. Ubaid bin Salman Alubaid the under secretary of health clarified that the health ministry expenditure of money on drug purchase reached 2200 million riyals in the budget of this year, and this represents 45% of drug market in the Kingdom. During the opening of the meeting SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews19-2-2007e2.htmMon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT{77DEB54E-1227-4B0D-8712-F22F4D4C0B8A}The minister of health d. Hamad Almane ensured that the ministry of health still prevents giving licenses of practicing cupping in Saudi Arabia since no scientific evidence proved SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews18-2-2007e2.htmSun, 18 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT{5D2FA1C2-738E-4EF4-88EA-8B9AD69FDF07}. Saleh Bawazeer the vice executive chairman of drugs affair in the S.F.D.A clarified that the new system of the S.F.D.A that has been issued recently includes and covers all the S.F.D.A duties SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews18-2-2007e1.htmSun, 18 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT{6699CED8-A91E-4B2B-9461-F73B3D975F04}The S.F.D.A revealed its new strategic plan features after making use of international experiences that relate to organizing monitoring duties and setting SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews14-2-2007e1.htmWed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT{A2FBE8F2-1B2D-4311-A2BE-6F35B7CB55C0}Under the sponsorship of his Excellency the minister of health d. Hamad Almane, the activities of the third medical exhibition accompanied with the gulf Saudi SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews2-11-2007e4.htmSun, 11 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT{7E4FFD89-7A55-43C8-BD9A-1B4A7CFB311B}D. Mohammad bin Ahmad Alkanhal the designate chief executive officer of the S. F. D. A. declared that the S. F. D. A. budget for the current year reaches 130 million riyal and its rate has increased to 40% comparingSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews7-2-2007e3.htmWed, 07 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT{AF1D5FBE-2AD7-49A7-B808-57BC3048A474}Cooperating with the ECRI ( the Emergency Care Researches Institution) , the SFDA organizes a workshop for checking and analyzing notifications of medical devices problems and accidents from 23-26/1/1428H, 11-14/2/2007 in Riyadh. D. Mohammed SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews13-2-2007e3.htmTue, 13 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT{1D146161-D04F-46F1-9C0A-0939C2CEE801}The designative chief executive officer of the S.F.D.A d. Mohammed bin Ahmed Alkanhal expressed his thanks and appreciation to the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz and the Crown SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews13-2-2007e1.htmTue, 13 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT{4FE5A949-D28C-402E-88F2-59E60A4689CF}After cognizant of what has been submitted by his royal highness the crown prince , the vice president of ministers council. the Minster of defense and aviationSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews14-2-207e5.htmWed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT{0AA2DC18-C402-4419-9105-4898F785B548}His Excellency the minister of health d. Hamed bin Abdullah Almane inaugurates the gulf symposium of drug quality which is organized by the executive office of health ministers council that relates to the cooperation SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews6-2-2007a2.htmTue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT{A18B5CD6-A459-4D19-9806-3583BE90571B}The designate chief executive officer of the SFDA d. Mohammed bin Ahmed Alkanhal met the delegation of the Municipality and Rural Affairs Ministry headed by engineer Mohammed SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews7-2-2007e1.htmWed, 07 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT{7146C2CE-BB3B-4B0E-93B6-8598AF2B3A30}In honor of his royal highness prince Muteb bin Abdulaziz the Minister of Municipality and Rural Affairs, Al-Madinah municipality with Taibah University sponsor a symposium entitled " Environmental PollutantsSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews6-2-2007e1.htmTue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT{B7123590-89B8-47B1-B5F0-3233E9CC4183}The ministry of health prevented (Baly) and (Pohli) creams which are used for skin whitening, and ordered to withdraw them from local pharmacies, Etara shops ( shops for selling spices, perfumes and other traditional SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews30-1-2007e1.htmWed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT{693279EB-3AC9-432A-B0D5-2FD3CFD41381}The designative Chief Executive Officer of the SFDA d. Mohammed bin Ahmed Alkanhal met the delegation of the cooperative medical insurance council which headed by its Secretary SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews31-1-2007e3.htmWed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT{5B0CA722-2D0D-408E-8FA3-40BC9978B256}The SFDA has raised a poll in its intranet portal about drugs prices in the K.S.A and it shows that 79% of voters believe that they are expensive, while 15% consider them accepted. The rate of those who chose SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews31-1-2007e1.htmWed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT{6C3807B1-D249-4461-B5BD-564BCD64A83C}According to the educational role of the SFDA, it - represented by its food sector- has offered several educational advices about food safety on its intranet portal (a web site). More than thirty five advices have been issued to help housewives SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/foodnews28-1-2007e1.htmSun, 28 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT{08448EA5-7410-4B5D-89F0-A0DF884AAA80}Sponsored by Public Health Department in Dubai Municipality, the 2nd food safety conference entitled" Food Safety & Risk AnalysisSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews27-1-2007e1.htmSat, 27 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT{15C875B8-E09C-4CC0-8499-1137B074F44B}The Chief Executive Officer of the SFDA d. Mohammed bin Ahmed Alkanhal ensured to Ukaz newspaper that the SFDA concerned about setting SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews24-1-2007e1.htmWed, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT{0B03BDD0-08DD-454D-91DC-9C943B36494A}His Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz the Crown Prince, the Vice President of Ministers Council, the Minister of Defense and Aviation, the General Inspector and the Chairman of the SFDA Board SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews23-1-2007e1.htmTue, 23 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT{B3DBC3E2-5068-4A35-B73C-7179C5339546}The Chief Executive Officer of the SFDA d. Mohammed bin Ahmed Alkanhal declared that the SFDA has completed the requirements of sending 60 employees belong SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews17-1-2007e2.htmWed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT{3D57CADF-0D80-4D5E-8F20-4FC925594B34}The officials of the electronic portal (site) of the SFDA have raised a survey about cheating cases in medicinal products and how the consumers are exposed to them. The results shown that the majority of the participants SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews15-1-2007e3.htmMon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT{8159C8C1-00C7-4CC5-85B5-E6BA5BF457A2}The chief executive officer of the SFDA d. Mohammed bin Ahmed Alkanhal has inaugurated its new web site yesterday in the SFDA location. There were a celebration in this connection SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews15-1-2007e2.htmMon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT{8CAC1A33-5013-4B9E-AA84-4C734462BCDF}The employees of the SFDA have completed the intranet portal  training courses, in which the general vice- chairmen, the general directors SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews9-1-2007e4.htmTue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT{C5CE2D6C-B547-4553-B18A-56C64ED47C0F}The chief executive officer of the SFDA d. Mohammed AlKanhal will inaugurate the new site of the Authority next Monday on 26-12-1427h, 15-1-2007, at 1 p.m. All SFDA employees SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews9-1-2007e3.htmTue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT{88872AF8-FBE9-4C53-83A0-7036FFAFA4E3}The SFDA has participated in the Hajj season represented by its specialists in the food sector. The goal was to closely review the common practice of monitoring the food quality in the holy places SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews9-1-2007e2.htmTue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT{A238BA9D-A1C1-451E-9B0B-F6CAC291AFC5}According to the vision of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority which seeks being a regionally supervising and pioneer authority in food, drugs and medical instruments fields and its desire to offer professional and distinctive services that contribute in protecting SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews6-1-2007e1.htmSat, 06 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT{D61F3877-2926-4BBC-8EEE-239F43366E14}The SFDA held a reception and congratulatory party in its centre to celebrate the occasion of Aladha blessed Eid. The executive president SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews20-12-2006e4.htmWed, 20 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT{49A6092B-8A9C-44DA-8692-2DCD026D8F07}Dr. Mohammed Al-Kanhal, President of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority, considered this year's budget an ambitious budget that never occurred SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews20-12-2006e5.htmWed, 20 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT{97E5E1D7-303C-4B56-AA7B-EC7DCDB2396C}The 4th Saudi Conference on Food and Nutrition, sponsored by His Excellency Dr. Hamad AlManei, Minister of Health concluded it's activities SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews20-12-2006e2.htmWed, 20 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT{7AB6D733-7A16-441C-B780-84A88CC1BC30}The 7th international biopharmaceutical symposium, held in the city of Beijing in the Republic of China during the 7th-11th of December 2006, concluded its seventh SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews20-12-2006e1.htmWed, 20 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT{1DEA0095-1291-4647-B29D-5478E24DD54A}Consistent with the directives of Dr. Mohammed Al-Kanhal the President of the Food and Drug Authority, which state the exchange of visits and cooperating with different global monitoring SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews16-12-2006e1.htmSat, 16 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT{107471A4-2C29-460D-BC47-E6AB35223FBA}The SFDA uncovered the forming of a team named "Drug Pricing", which includes representatives from the Ministry of Health, Department of Medical Services at the National Guard, Ministry SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews13-12-2006e1.htmWed, 13 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT{A14632A9-2CB8-4AB3-8EDC-50B9921CF6EB}The Saudi Food and Drug Authority represented by a delegation from its Drug Sector will conduct a survey study on medicine accompanied SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/hmoenews13-12-2006e2.htmWed, 13 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT{90D11650-5AA1-40C4-8A3F-1CD0C23E0A79}The food sector of the SFDA organized two lectures on food safety which were held at the SFDA headquarters. The lectures were delivered by Dr. Arbad AmbrosenSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews12-12-2006e3.htmTue, 12 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT{C5C26F6F-B358-4B86-AB1F-424A4A722CDE}The e-Document Forum wrapped up its activities yesterday, under the sponsorship of Dr. Abdulrahman AlAthl, President of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) which was organized SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/hmoenews-12-12-2006e2.htmTue, 12 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT{D3AB939F-E6DD-4E1D-B7B9-B5B9A1E8DFEA}With the SFDA's pursuit to make use of consultants and experts in the fields of food, drugs and medical devices, a registration form for experts and consultants has been added to the electronic SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews12-12-2006e1.htmTue, 12 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT{AA2F5A33-5C2E-4143-A865-C251430ADD2D}The Saudi Food and Drug Authority is exploring views of visitors on important issues related to the SFDA's scope of work. This has been accomplished SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews6-12-e1.htmWed, 06 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT{F65552F7-89E0-47AB-AD6B-D1F8722225CC}His Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Fahd, the Prince of the Tabouk and Honorary President of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society, will host the 7th International Saudi Pharmaceutical Conference SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews6-12-e3.htmWed, 06 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT{AD53F91C-B412-494C-871A-45D85BDB4BD3}The Saudi Food & Drug Authority will participate in the e-Document Forum 2006, on the 10th & 11th of December 2006. The forum is organized for the 4th time by King Abdulaziz City for Science SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews6-12-e2.htmWed, 06 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT{5B6620F9-F632-4D7B-B7A3-52102931BD27}His Excellency Dr. Hamad AlManei, Minister of Health will sponsor the 4th Saudi Conference on Food and Nutrition next Sunday, which will be held on the 10th and 11th of December 2006 and takes SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews4-12-e2.htmMon, 04 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT{A62C49D3-B1A7-4B1E-AEFB-C05043B5E533}With the outreach role adapted by the SFDA, the medical devices and products sector published a list on its electronic portal that includes all public & private hospitals in the Kingdom SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews4-12-e1.htmMon, 04 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT{40E4A7B6-B626-4A64-9C3F-BC241E7674AB}The expected launch date for the SFDA's intranet portal is within two weeks, specifically on the 16th of December 2006. The intranet portal is currently being tested and short training SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews28-11-e4.htmThu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT{77DE6A39-D5F3-4619-95FF-2126886DA42F}The 7th Middle East Regulatory Conference has just ended its activities in Dubai, UAE during the period 22-25/10/1427h, 13-16/11/2006. The conference was attended SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews29-11-e3.htmWed, 29 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT{13DB8AA7-9E1C-4036-81FB-AEB472D20E44}A delegation from the Information Technology department at the Saudi Food & Drug Authority (SFDA) has just ended its visit to Gitex 2006, held in Dubai. Delegation members viewed many advancement SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews29-11-e2.htmWed, 29 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT{88CE63D9-84C9-477C-9276-3BCF3A2CF64A}The Council of Ministers under the chairmanship of the Custodian of the Two Holly Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, decided to amend item three of the cabinet’s decisionSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews28-1-e1.htmTue, 28 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT{318ECEE9-731E-4CAC-8A84-29BEFAB82F5D}The Saudi Food & Drug Authority has responded to an invitation from the French Ministry of Commerce to attend it’s 37th Sanitary and Phytosanitary Committees meeting in Geneva between SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/homenews27-11-e5.htmMon, 27 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT{AC38C860-C1CC-4F90-AC6D-8C0926ED2721}The Saudi Food & Drug Authority is searching with the World Bank to develop a system for Saudi cosmetics, studying the current situation in Saudi Arabia, future outlook to organize these products and setting up a mechanism SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/newshome6-11e.htmMon, 06 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT{3A345660-DE88-4A5F-A644-1676597B38B7}The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) studied the ability of sending some of its staff to Universities in the Netherlands in a step aiming at diversification and broadeningSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/news-26-7-2006-2e.htmWed, 26 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT{20621CFB-2181-4954-9E16-E66523B7F09F}Participants in the Symposium on Food and Drug Regulation (Present and Outlook) assured the importance of developing a lawful base that covers all sectors of the authority, in addition to acquiring a managerial and financial system which brings qualified manpower to the authority SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/news-20-7-206-1e.htmThu, 20 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT{FFB38F8D-371D-4FB8-9975-101BDE33E992}The Symposium on Food and Drug Regulation "Present and Outlook" concluded with major recommendations from participants in its scientific seminars, some of these recommendations were general and the rest concerned each sector. Some of the general recommendations were the importance of managing SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/news19-7-20061e.htmWed, 19 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT{456485B9-B705-4DD6-BE83-4C89BBA17EDB}The Symposium on Food and Drug Regulation "Present and Outlook" concluded with topics covered by all sectors. The sectors debated all the recommendations that were gathered from experts and were transferred into general and private recommendationsSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/news-10-7-2006-1-e.htmMon, 10 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT{073E3BEC-D018-4870-B191-48E7A17BAD90}His Royal Highness Crown Prince Sultan deputy premier, minister of defense and aviation, received the managing director of the Saudi food and drug authority Dr. Mohammed AlKanhal and members of the authority SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/news-8-7-2006-1-e.htmSat, 08 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT{388BD6CD-A91A-4F05-95A0-192B237F9AD4}The Custodian of the Two Holly Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz sent his regards to Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, Chairman of the board for the Saudi Food and Drug Authority SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/news_03-06-2006.htmSat, 03 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT{A6EC1B38-7F06-468B-B8D4-C77EF0B20F9E}The Council of Ministers agreed to grant the Food and Drug Authority a membership to the Health Services Council. Health Minister Dr.Hamad Al-Manie stated “the Food Services Council hasSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/news_28-05-2006.htmSun, 28 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT{A2727507-563D-46A0-BD47-8CA8DD6F1202}His Royal Highness Prince Sultan Bin Salman Secretary General of the Saudi Supreme Commission for Tourism (SSCT) has described the important role of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) in our society.SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/news-2006-05-27.htmSat, 27 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT{D990B540-511D-4FA3-810D-84EB218E9EC7}The symposium on food and drug regulations which lasted for three days successfully concluded last Monday. The event covered more than 80 specialized work papersSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/en-news_2005_25_11.htmThu, 11 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT{EE28D948-C140-4BA2-A04D-8A941080262C}His Royal Highness Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation , Chairman of the board forSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/en-news_2006_02_10.htmFri, 10 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT{98FCA660-1658-48C7-A94B-D056DA8BB850}The manageing director of SFDA, Dr. Mohammed Alkanhal, has stated that a food system draft policy is currently being put together in the KingdomSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/fdawebsite6.htmFri, 16 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT{1F7B3818-29CB-4D40-B5AB-E57F6F4C782B}The managing director of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority, Dr.Mohammed ALKanhal assured that the authority is currently preparing its strategic plansSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/en-news_2005_12_15.htmThu, 15 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT{5A044124-FE28-42EA-BA68-FAD24585E329}The managing director of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA), Dr. Mohammed AlKanhal assured the public that SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/en-news_2005_12_02.htmFri, 02 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT{F076E0AF-ECF1-418F-ADEC-6E76F25C3ED6}The workshop on drug policy and regulations that was organized by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) with the SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/en-news_2005_12_01.htmThu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT{E166F21A-2779-40A8-9616-8D07B82099B2}The Saudi Food and Drug Authority have organized the first workshop on medical equipment complaints and accidents SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/en-news2_2005_12_1.htmThu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT{2E155B6A-2654-4DB9-80B8-8E326FB84AE1}The managing director for medical products and equipment sector in the Saudi Food and Drug Authority, Dr. Saleh AlTayar, assured thatSFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/en-news_2005_11_27.htmSun, 27 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT{7AEC3986-3C91-401E-85E0-8EA398E2B01E}The medical products and equipments sector of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority  (SFDA) has decided by cooperating with the World Bank and by participation of SFDA's Drug Sector Authorshttp://www.sfda.gov.sa/En/Home/News/en-news_2005_11_23.htmMon, 16 Jan 2006 07:55:00 GMT{9E3D7E8C-2DBE-4B61-A2F0-07B805330A08}The food and drug authority will organize a workshop on Food Policy and Regulations next Saturday. By cooperating with SFDA's Drug Sector Authors