Saudi Arabia to regulate medical advertising:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Saudi Arabia is to establish a ministerial committee to regulate the advertising of medical products, says health minister, Dr Osama Shubokshi. The committee will comprise representatives from the ministries of health, commerce and information. Earlier this year, Dr Shubokshi had asked the ministry of information to work with the health ministry to ban the advertising of medical products that had not been licensed by the ministry of health, reports the Arab News.
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