Walaa Farouk Email & Phone Number

Strategic planner for the pharmaceutical practices in health directorates.Pharmacy liason between pharmaceutical Departments in health directorates and the Ministry of health.The Pharmaceutical department representative of the Regional Health Directorates Sector across other Pharmaceutical field stakeholders.

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Established a first of a kind in the Middle East, the Egyptian Drug Shortage department, a well-organized, multi-tasked, database controlled, patient oriented department. Constructed the department according to the Food and Drug Association (FDA), Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), Drug Shortage Staff ( DSS) guidelines about drug shortages, after studying all publications and workflow charts, actions and recommendations concerning shortages. Built a cooperative, highly responsible, patient devoted team of 11 pharmacists, collecting and dealing with data about drug shortages all over Egypt. Constructed the directorate database, workflow and SOPs. Acquired very good understanding and detailed knowledge for the regulations and workflow of the different directorates in the Egyptian Regulatory Authority, responsible for registering, pricing, importing, inspecting pharmaceutical products along with excellent professional communication links with them. Offer step by step help to companies to be able to overcome the manufacturing/importation problem that caused the shortage. Supervise the issuance of a spectacular monthly drug shortage bulletin in which precisely collected data about drugs suffering shortage and their available generics and alternatives are presented to healthcare professionals and public. Present subjects and issues concerning drug shortages to the Egyptian National Regulatory Authority advisory Committees. Manage standards and measures of receiving complaints across the Drug shortage hotline and ensure fast and adequate response in a timely manner. Review and refinement of all procedures and documentation system. Manage the communication process with other directorates inside The Central Administration of Pharmaceutical Affairs (CAPA), supplying them with helpful, detailed data upon which they take decisions concerning registering new products, increasing products’ prices, Importing essential products…….etc.

Cairo

 Lead a team of 9 inspector pharmacists, inspecting the pharmaceutical performance of the governmental hospitals and institutions, under the Ministry of Health (MOH) umbrella, ensuring that (WHO guidelines about Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP) & Good Storage Practice (GSP) are very well adopted and followed by these pharmaceutical institutions. Analyse reports presented by the team about their periodical audits on the Ministry of Health (MOH) hospitals and institutions. Present detailed analysis about the audited hospitals to decision makers along with the proposed procedures and measures “Corrective Action Plan”, to be adopted to improve the pharmaceutical performance in these hospitals. Organizing and delivering training courses for pharmacists responsible for applying the GPP & GSP measures, inside the pharmaceutical institutions, following up with them to ensure their well understanding and full application of the guidelines. Responsible for MOH subsidized drugs, including subsidized milk “Biomil, Liptomilk, and Nactalia” and subsidized imported/ local 40 IU Insulin in addition to other essential subsidized pharmaceutical products. Review and refinement of all procedures and documentation system. Act as MOH coordinator with companies supplying the subsidized products, attending all meetings and negotiations about these products. Revise and correct yearly subsidization plans about the subsidized products’ supplied quantities according to the growing Egyptian market needs.

Cairo

Cairo

Bachelor'S Degree, Pharmaceutical Sciences

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