Medicine for all diseases!

Social networks represent a parallel market for drugs of unknown origin, and their promoters play on a sensitive chord in their victims, which is their need for treatment, so they find one drug that treats all diseases, and they focus on chronic ones such as diabetes, pressure, and stomach ailments, such as irritable bowel syndrome.

Despite the continuous warnings and repeated awareness by the competent authorities in the state, foremost of which is the Ministry of Health, and local authorities in each emirate, the "drowning is about a straw", so some fall victims of these virtual traders without conscience and conscience, especially as they always put on their medicines the slogan that they have a license from a party, and are keen to mobilize their committees to comment on these products and emphasize their effectiveness and unparalleled success in eliminating diseases.

There is no doubt that the demand for these counterfeit medicines increased during the Corona pandemic that swept the world and showed the ugly face of many of the pandemic's wealthy, who promoted counterfeit medicines that they claimed were effective in combating the dreaded virus, taking advantage of all possible means to trade people's pain and fears, and their ignorance of pharmaceutical compounds.

Those who have followed the health scene in the United Arab Emirates over the past 10 years have noticed the remarkable development in combating illegal practices that affect this sector through the enactment of deterrent laws on the one hand, and tracking them locally, regionally and internationally to eliminate them on the other hand.

It is no secret to the far and near the efforts made to eliminate counterfeit medicines, as shipments have been seized over the past years that were on their way to the country until they were declared completely free of counterfeit medicines during the past year, which is a great achievement that reflects the sincere desire to enhance the image of the UAE as a high-level treatment destination, especially in light of its exceptional medical facilities.

The observer sees an almost daily warning of a drug or medicine promoted on social media and the Internet, which reflects not only field control, but goes beyond the virtual world.

The issue is very serious in light of the focus of these exploiters on specific drugs that many need, as well as on nutritional supplements that are accepted by sports practitioners who want to get the perfect body quickly and effortlessly!

According to Article 110 of Law No. 8 of 2019, anyone who cheats, imitates a medical product, raw materials, chemicals, health foods or cosmetics with a medical return, sells them to others, illegally brings them or smuggles them into the state, shall be punished by temporary imprisonment and a fine of not less than 200,<> dirhams and not more than one million dirhams.

In general, the state is doing its utmost to protect us from these dangers, and all that remains is to have a degree of awareness and caution, and resort to specialists so that we do not fall prey to the merchants of disease and death.

Arbitrator & Legal Consultant