Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency

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Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency
Türkiye İlaç ve Tıbbi Cihaz Kurumu
Agency overview
Formed1936
Preceding agency
  • Pharmacy and Preparations Branch, General Directorate of Pharmaceuticals and Pharmacy
JurisdictionGovernment of Turkey
HeadquartersAnkara,  Turkey
Agency executive
  • Dr. Hakkı Gürsöz, Chairman
Parent agencyMinistry of Health
Websitetitck.gov.tr

The Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (TMMDA; Turkish: Türkiye İlaç ve Tıbbi Cihaz Kurumu) is a regulatory agency of the Government of Turkey that acts as the highest sanitary authority in terms of medical safety on medicines, health products, cosmetics and personal care products.[1]

It is responsible for the enforcement of the Turkish Cosmetic regulations, which came into effect in 2005.[2] The current Medical Device Regulation came into force on June 7, 2011. A new draft regulation aligned with the new European regulation was published in 2018.[3]

In 2013 the Agency proposed to permit some pharmacies to import medicine independently, bypassing the Turkish Pharmacists Association although the Association successfully contested this decision. Under Law No. 7151 on Amendment of Certain Laws and Decree Laws related to Healthcare, published in December 2018 the Social Security Institution and state institutions and organisations approved by the Ministry of Health can import medicine.[4] It announced principles for the approval of secondary packaging and storage facilities for pharmaceuticals in January 2019. [5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "TURKISH MEDICINES AND MEDICAL DEVICES AGENCY" (PDF). World Health Association. November 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Turkey: beauty and personal care potential explained". Cosmetics design Europe. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Turkey Aligns its Medical Device Regulation with the EU Regulation". Lexology. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Procurement of medicines for human use is no longer a monopoly right". Lexology. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Turkey Announces Working Principles For Secondary Packaging And Storage Facilities Related To Human Medicinal Products And Drug Substances". Mondaq. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
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