أعرب الرئيس التنفيذي المكلف للهيئة العامة للغذاء والدواء الدكتور محمد بن أحمد الكنهل عن شكره وتقديره لخادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك عبدالله بن عبدالعزيز وولي عهده الأمين صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير سلطان بن عبدالعزيز - حفظهما الله - بمناسبة صدور موافقة مجلس الوزراء على نظام الهيئة العامة للغذاء والدواء.
ونوه بالرعاية الكريمة والدعم والاهتمام البالغ الذي تحظى به الهيئة العامة للغذاء والدواء من لدن القيادة الرشيدة، مشيراً إلى أن هذا النظام يجسد رغبة الدولة وحرصها على كل ما يهم صحة وسلامة المواطن والمقيم.

كشف الأستاذ الدكتور محمد بن أحمد الكنهل الرئيس التنفيذي المكلف للهيئة العامة للغذاء والدواء عن أن ميزانية الهيئة للعام الجاري بلغت نحو 130 مليون ريال بنسبة زيادة تقدر بحوالي 40% عن العام الماضي, مشيراً إلى أنها سوف تتركز على تأهيل وتدريب وابتعاث عدد من الكوادر الوطنية للخارج , واستكمال إجراء الدراسات للأنظمة التشريعية للهيئة, وتطوير البنية التحتية للمقر الدائم.
جاء ذلك في خلال تصريح صحفي أمس عقب افتتاح ورشة عمل التحقق من بلاغات مشاكل وحوادث الأجهزة والمنتجات الطبية وتحليلها والتي تقام حتى 26 محرم الجاري في فندق ماريوت بالرياض.

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 scientific symposium of chronic diseases and the first rendezvous of the specialist medical associations will take place during the 30th of Moharram to the 4th of Safar 1428H, ( 18 February, 2007) in Dhahran international exhibition in Dammam.

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 standard specifications. Moreover, it will deliver a controlling list- which is going to declared soon- in order to issue licenses of food and drug establishments. The S.F.D.A tends to make expanded researching studies relate to safety and monitoring affairs, and that comes after issuing the royal decree which approved the S.F.D.A system.

D. 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 such as: setting policies, developing, updating and suggesting regulations, control and inspection, setting specifications, standards, manufacturing basics and health conditions, offering technical advices, exchanging information, making researches and studies, establishing specialized centers of information and laboratories, and making international contacts.

أكد وزير الصحة الدكتور حمد المانع ان وزارة الصحة لا زالت تمنع اعطاء تراخيص الحجامة في السعودية نظرا لعدم وجود اثبات علمي يؤكد فائدتها مشيرا إلى انه تم خلال اجتماع مجلس الخدمة الصحية امس الاول مناقشة الموضوع ولم يستطع أي شخص ان يأتي بدليل علمي يثبت فوائد الحجامة.

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 drugs damages and qualities has been carried out and it will be finished at the end of the current year.

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 Template draft (CSDT) which aims to unify the requirements of submitting the medical devices to the controlling authorities among the participated countries was discussed. These requirements were set according to the Summary Technical Documentation (STED) which belongs to the Global Harmonization Task Force (GHTF).

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 sessions, discussion seminars and a specialized agricultural exhibition during the 21st to 22nd of Safar 1428H coinciding with (the 11th to 12th of March 2007).

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 and the S.F.D.A officials and staff on the occasion of the council of ministers approval of the S.F.D.A main system which was issued in a session held on (24-1-1428H).