Criteria for Selecting Drugs for the List of Essential Medicines

Le Hai

20:49, 11/07/2024

The Ministry of Health has just issued Circular 19/2018/TT-BYT promulgating the List of Essential Medicines.

The medications are considered for selection into the essential drugs list based on the following specific criteria:

- Chemical drugs and biological products: Prioritize the selection of single-ingredient drugs. If multi-ingredient, the combination must be proven to be more advantageous in terms of efficacy and safety;- Vaccines: Prioritize the selection of vaccines used for large-scale epidemics and vaccines used to prevent diseases that pose a life-threatening risk to users;- Traditional medicine: Prioritize the selection of drugs produced in Vietnam and preparations that are part of state-level projects;- Traditional medicinal herbs: Prioritize the selection of medicinal herbs processed from materials listed in the Vietnamese Pharmacopeia; herbs processed from the unique medicinal materials of localities;- Herbal drugs: Prioritize the selection of herbal drugs that contain ingredients which are listed in the Traditional Medicine Herbs List.

See details in the Appendix of the Essential Drug List in Circular 19/2018/TT-BYT, effective from October 15, 2018.

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