EXAMINING DRUG PRODUCT MARKETING APPROVAL PROCEDURES IN THE MENA REGION Authors: Dharani S , PRASANNA B, SONIA K*
ABSTRACT
Drug products approval process in MENA as per the respective country regulatory requirements. The
MENA region is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical market places. This thesis provides some
common information to get a good understanding about the pharmaceutical market is organized, and
marketing permits must be maintained in the MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA region. Once
the applicant acquires Marketing permission for the drug items. in any of the MENA region, then they
can apply for the Marketing authorization of drug products in other MENA countries by using the
previous MENA regions marketing authorization data. The process applies to all those who seek a
Marketing authorization of drug products and each countries has their own application forms in their
own language. This comprises information regarding user fee requirements, data to be submitted by the
applicant as per the respective countries submission format by using CTD and eCTD submission
techniques.
Keywords: MENA, Marketing authorization, CTD, eCTD, Drug products Publication date: 01/05/2025 https://ijbpas.com/pdf/2025/May/MS_IJBPAS_2025_89291.pdfDownload PDFhttps://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2025/14.5.8929