Hotline for Health Services for Displaced Lebanese 1787
Hotline for the Patient Admission to Hospitals 01/832700
COVID-19 Vaccine Registration Form covax.moph.gov.lb
MoPH Hotline 1214
Are you a new member? Sign up now
 
Let us help you
Read about the latest topics.

List of Essential Medicines Lebanon 2018


Foreword
 
Essential medicines as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) are “those that satisfy the priority health care needs of the population. They are selected with due regard to public health relevance, evidence on efficacy and safety, and comparative cost-effectiveness. Essential medicines are intended to be available within the context of functioning health systems at all times in adequate amounts, in the appropriate dosage forms, with assured quality and adequate information, and at a price the individual and the community can afford. The implementation of the concept of essential medicines is intended to be flexible and adaptable to many different situations; exactly which medicines are regarded as essential remains a national responsibility”.
 
The WHO Model list of Essential Medicines revised every two years provides a template and serves as a guide for countries to prepare their own lists taking into consideration local priorities.

Based on the current version of the WHO Model List of Essential medicines 20th edition published in 2017, the Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon through the Quality Assurance of Pharmaceutical Products Program prepared the National List of Essential Medicines EML 2018, four years after the last edition in 2014. The EML 2018 contains around 350 medicinal products and was prepared over one year by a Committee of Experts.

The EML is aligned with the National Drug Formulary and National Health Programs such as EIP Mother & Child, TB Control, HIV/AIDS, Malaria, National Mental Health Program and Primary Healthcare. The formulation and strengths of medicines listed in the EML are those mentioned under these National Health Programs and National Drug Formulary.
 
The Lebanese EML 2018 contains a core list and complementary list:

The core list presents a list of minimum medicine needs for a basic health care system, listing the most efficacious, safe and cost-effective medicines for priority conditions. Priority conditions are selected on the basis of current and estimated future public health relevance, and potential for safe and cost-effective treatment.

The complementary list presents essential medicines for priority diseases, for which specialized diagnostic or monitoring facilities are needed. In case of doubt medicines may also be listed as complementary on the basis of consistent higher costs or less attractive cost-effectiveness in a variety of settings.
 
The list is divided into 30 sections related to the main Therapeutic classes of medicines and arranged in three columns;
 
  1. INN of the medicine,
  2. Dosage form and strength of the medicine
  3. Official Status of the medicine 
 
Medicines and dosage forms are listed in alphabetical order within each section with no implication of preference for one form over another.
 
The following symbols are used in the list to indicate the status of the medicine:
 
R: Registered drug in the Ministry of Public Health
NR: Non Registered drug in the Ministry of Public Health
HIV: included in the HIV Program
M: included in the MALARIA Program
NMHP: included in the NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH Program
TB: included in the TUBERCULOSIS Program
U: provided through UNICEF Program
Y: provided through YMCA Program
[a]: indicates that there is an age or weight restriction on use of the medicine.
 
An index listing the Medicines by alphabetical order is available at the end of the document facilitating retrieval of information and easy reference.
 
We hope that all health providers would embrace this document as important tool for management of medicines and rationalizing prescription in the country. The EML 2018 welcomes comments from healthcare professionals; such comments help us to ensure that the National Essential medicines list remains relevant to practice.
 
The list can be accessed from the official website of the Ministry of Public Health:  www.moph.gov.lb
 

List of Essential Medicines Lebanon 2018
    ...
    8
    ...
ATC Name B/G Ingredients Dosage Form Price
J01FF01 DALACIN-C B Clindamycin HCl - 150mg 150mg Capsule 287,582 L.L
J01FF01 DALACIN-C B Clindamycin HCl - 300mg 300mg Capsule 478,408 L.L
J01FF01 DANALLI G Clindamycin HCl - 300mg 300mg Capsule 267,425 L.L
J02AC01 DIFLUCAN B Fluconazole - 50mg 50mg Capsule 622,199 L.L
J02AC01 DIFLUCAN B Fluconazole - 150mg 150mg Capsule 286,238 L.L
J05AR24 DELSTRIGO B Lamivudine - 300mg, Tenofovir disoproxil - 300mg, Doravirine - 100mg Tablet, film coated 48,879,793 L.L
J05AR27 DOLUTEGRAVIR/LAMIVUDINE/TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL FUMARATE G Lamivudine - 300mg, Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate - 300mg, Dolutegravir - 50mg Tablet 54,836,160 L.L
J07CA11 DIPHTHERIA, TETANUS,PERTUSSIS, HEPATITIS B AND HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B CONJUGATE VACCINE B Diphteria Toxoid1 - ?25Lf (?30IU)/0.5ml, Tetanus toxoid1 - ?2.5Lf (?40IU)/0.5ml, Bordetella pertussis (Whole cell) - ?16OU (?4.0IU)/0.5ml, HBs Antigen (r DNA)1 - ?10mcg/0.5ml, H. Influenza type b, purified capsular polysaccharide2 - 10mcg/0.5ml, 1 adsorbed on aluminium phosphate, Al+++ - ?1.25mg , 2 conjugated to tetanos toxoid carrier protein - Injectable suspension 1,515,854 L.L
L01AX04 DACARBAZINE MEDAC G Dacarbazine - 200mg 200mg Injectable powder for solution 15,866,076 L.L
L01AX04 DACARBAZINE MEDAC G Dacarbazine - 1,000mg 1,000mg Injectable powder for solution 5,411,654 L.L
L01BC06 DIROGIT G Capecitabine - 500mg 500mg Tablet, film coated 11,330,804 L.L
L01BC08 DACOGEN B Decitabine - 50mg 50mg Injectable lyophilised powder for solution 87,048,758 L.L
L01BC08 DACOGEN B Decitabine - 50mg 50mg Injectable lyophilised powder for solution 87,048,758 L.L
L01CD02 DOCETAXEL ACCORD G Docetaxel - 80mg/4ml 80mg/4ml Injectable concentrate for solution 15,099,641 L.L
L01CD02 DOCETAXEL EBEWE G Docetaxel - 80mg/8ml 80mg/8ml Injectable solution 19,518,281 L.L
L01CD02 DOCETAXEL GP PHARM G Docetaxel - 40mg/ml 80mg/2ml Injectable concentrated solution+diluent 16,777,239 L.L
L01CD02 DOCETAXEL SPC G Docetaxel - 80mg/4ml 80mg/4ml Injectable concentrate for solution 16,906,027 L.L
L01CD02 DOCETAXEL ACCORD G Docetaxel - 20mg/ml 20mg/1ml Injectable concentrate for solution 4,110,814 L.L
L01CD02 DOCETAXEL EBEWE G Docetaxel - 20mg/2ml 20mg/2ml Injectable solution 5,313,553 L.L
L01CD02 DOCETAXEL GP PHARM G Docetaxel - 40mg/ml 20mg/0.5ml Injectable concentrated solution+diluent 4,567,721 L.L
L01DB01 DOXORUBICINE EBEWE G Doxorubicin HCl - 10mg/5ml 10mg/5ml Injectable concentrated solution 428,686 L.L
L01DB01 DOXO-CELL G Doxorubicin HCl - 50mg/25ml 50mg/25ml Injectable solution 1,794,030 L.L
L01DB01 DOXORUBICINA TEDEC G Doxorubicin HCl - 50mg/25ml 50mg/25ml Injectable concentrate for solution 2,015,764 L.L
L01DB01 DOXORUBICINE EBEWE G Doxorubicin HCl - 2mg/ml 50mg/25ml Injectable concentrated solution 1,804,780 L.L
L01EA02 DALEUBIN G Dasatinib - 70mg 70mg Tablet, film coated 98,514,698 L.L
L01EA02 DASATINIB NEAPOLIS G Dasatinib - 70mg 70mg Tablet, film coated 127,364,905 L.L
L01EA02 DALEUBIN G Dasatinib - 50mg 50mg Tablet, film coated 97,680,409 L.L
L01EA02 DASATINIB NEAPOLIS G Dasatinib - 50mg 50mg Tablet, film coated 127,364,905 L.L
L01EA02 DALEUBIN G Dasatinib - 20mg 20mg Tablet, film coated 79,249,265 L.L
L01EA02 DASATINIB NEAPOLIS G Dasatinib - 20mg 20mg Tablet, film coated 103,165,573 L.L
    ...
    8
    ...
Sitemap
© Copyrights reserved to Ministry of Public Health 2025