Jordan Food & Drug Administration

Pharmaceutical Policy Studies

Workshop

RUD Unit

Plan for RUD Unit

WorkshopFirst day presentations/Second day group discussion.

Topic for discussion:Should there be a National RUD Unit to progress RUD issues

in Jordan?

If No, how else might RUD be coordinated and facilitated?

If Yes, outline five major strategies for the RDU Unit.

Then…

In what Institution (s) should it reside?

What should be the administrative structure?

Where might the funding come from?

What is the RUD Unit's mandate?

Group 1

1 -Updating and adopting NDF for EDL .

2 -Standard Treatment Guidelines.

3 -Drug and Therapeutic Committee Activities.

4 -JPA activity related in RUD.

5 -Regulation of pharmaceutical promotion.

Group 2

1 -National Treatment Guidelines.

2 -Essential Drug List.

3 -Drug and Therapeutics Committee .

4 -Monitoring and Quality Assurance.

5 -Continuous Education.

Group 3

1 .Development of evidence-based STG2 .Adopt and implement (EDL) and (JNF)

3 .Create DTC in all hospitals4 .Ensure training and CE consumer

awareness of RUD5 .Establish a health information system

6 .Development of ethical code for drug promotion (depending on WHO ethical code)

Group 4

1 .Adopt or develop and implement NDF , EDL2 .Adopt or develop STG

3 .Establish a research and support unit for RUD

4 .Establish a national drug information and pharmacovigilance centre

5 .Implement pharmaceutical care program and educate and promote RUD

Group 51 -Development of a National Formulary

2 -Development of Essential Drug List3 -Development of Standard Treatment

Guidelines4 -Development of Pharmaceutical care

program5 -Development of Monitoring and field study

systems

RUD Unit Structure

a. In what Institution should it reside?

b. What should be the administrative structure?

c. Where does the funding come from?

d. What is the RUD Unit's mandate?

Group 1Independent Unit / JPA

Department under high level boards of directors

Initially international funding, later government public sector funding

Group 2Independent: either JFDA or MOH

Board of directors with representatives from MOH, JFDA, RMS, Director Office

Funds MOH / JFDA RMS

Powers to implement different functions

Group 3Independent unit / JFDA

Public and private sector International donors

Costs percentage of registration fees Support MoF

Mandate Outside the MoH

Group 4

JFDA

Head of the unit / Directorate plus4 major units.

Stakeholders MoH / JFDA / International community.

Group 5

Independent / JFDA Administratively independent

International institutions and / or within the health care public budget

Private sector but with some flexibility in the public sector

Now we are on the phase of implementing all what have been mentioned.

Starting with forming a Steering Committee of 10 DM and holding a meeting to discuss all the previous

recommendations .

The Administration does believe that someone has to take the first step if

not the JFDA who else???

Thank You All