Pharmacy

Salloum Warns of Threat from Expired Medicines

Expired medications piled up in pharmacies pose a significant threat to patient safety. This is what Dr. Joe Salloum, head of the Lebanese Pharmacists’ Syndicate, expressed, calling on the Ministries of Health and Environment to ensure that expired drugs are collected and destroyed outside Lebanon. He stressed that the risk they present is ...

QR Codes to Be Introduced on Medication Boxes for Enhanced Traceability

In a bid to enhance transparency and combat counterfeit and smuggled medicines, a joint campaign with the Ministry of Public Health will soon be launched, according to Joe Salloum, president of the Lebanese Order of Pharmacists, who made the announcement on Tuesday. The campaign will notably include the introduction of a QR code on every box of ...