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Table 1 Overview of regulatory processes in five selected countries in the EMR

From: Regulatory standards and processes for over-the-counter availability of hormonal contraception and drugs for medical abortion in five countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

 

Formal procedure for the switch from POM to OTC product available

Online database of registered medicines

Actual practice for the switch from POM to OTC

National OTC list available (year available)

Contraceptives included in OTC list

Egypt

No

Yes (not accessible outside Egypt)

Medicinal product to food supplement

Yes (2014)

No

Jordan

No

Yes (in Arabic, ATC classification)

OTC in the country of origin

Yes (2018)

No

Lebanon

No

Yes

Informal procedure, OTC in the country of origin

Yes (2018)

Yes (ellaOne)

Morocco

No

Yes

OTC in the country of origin

No

N/A

Tunisia

No

Yes (classified by therapeutic class)

Application for change of status

No

N/A

  1. POM prescription-only medicine, OTC over the counter, N/A not applicable