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His Excellency the Chief executive Officer of SFDA, Prof. Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Almishal, confirmed that SFDA has gone far in the field of regulations and control of medical devices, pointing out to the significant growth of demand on medical devices and products in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the rate of 10% annually.

SFDA organized in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), World Health Organization regional conference associated with meeting of inter-country on design and implementation of a regulatory program for medical devices, and on the period from 11 until April 14, 2016, in Riyadh, in addition to sessions and workshops at SFDA headquarters.

SFDA, in co-operation with MOI, closed out a warehouse that violated storing conditions of medical nuclear source generators in Riyadh.

SFDA, represented by the Medical Devices & Products Sector, participated in the 20^th. periodic meeting of AHTS countries and the 19^th. Technical & Scientific Task Forces meeting held during the  period 2^nd. & 6^th. of this month of November.

​SFDA inspectors closed out 3 medical devices and products stores in Al Hassa province due to their non-commitment to the grace period granted to them to correct their situation.