Amendment of Article 47 of the Pharmacy Practice Law to Approve Generic Medicines

Type

Law

Number

207

Date of the text

30/12/2020

Official Gazette

published in 2021

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

1

What it provides

This law amends Article 47 of the Pharmacy Practice Law to allow pharmacists to dispense a generic substitute for the medicine named in a prescription, provided the substitute is on the Ministry of Health's list, is cheaper, contains the same active ingredients, and the patient agrees, with insurers required to accept

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 2021. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.