Lebanon Substitution Drug List

لائحة الأدوية البديلة

According to the Law No. 91 issued on 2010 related to the Pharmacist substitution right, the Ministry of Public Health conceived the Substitution Drug list. It is presented as a scientific, objective, reliable, accurate and accessible listing. This list is a helpful tool for Pharmacists and Health professionals and an information tool for patients as well.

The Substitution Drug List was compiled by a team of Pharmacists and Physicians from the Ministry of Public Health. It was inspired by the French Repertory of Generic Groups and the Lebanese National Drug Index (LNDI) which is the reference Guide for medicines in Lebanon.

The substitution could be done between an innovator product and a generic, based on the Ministry of Public Health Substitution list, providing that the product delivered is cheaper and has obtained the patient’s consent.

This Substitution Drug List, lists drugs, dosage forms, package sizes, drug strengths and other information registered at the Ministry of Public Health. It is divided into sections based on the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification system. The Innovator product is listed before the Generic products.

Information is shown in a convenient format with trade information in italics:

ATCcode
Trade Name & Strength			B=Brand G=Generic
Route	Form	Container	Presentation	Code MOPH	Registration Number at MOPH
	Active Ingredients with their respective dosage
	Agent importing product		Manufacturer	Country of Origin
			Responsible Party	Country of Responsible Party

Each medication listing contains the following information:

ATC classification and code.
Trade name and strength of the formulation as registered at the Ministry of Public Health (MOH)
Generic (G) or Brand product (B)
Composition of the marketed form with the corresponding dosage of each active ingredient.
Form &presentation.
The local importer (agent), manufacturer and identified country of origin.
The Responsible Party and identified country.
The Ministry of Public Health database serial number (Code MOH) and legal registration document number (MOH reg)

The Substitution Drug List can be accessed from the official website of the Ministry of Public Health: www.moph.gov.lb

The Substitution Drug List welcomes comments from healthcare professionals. Please send comments to: [email protected]

Lebanon Substitution Drug List - First Edition 2015 (Revised)

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ATC	Name	B/G	Ingredients	Dosage	Form	Price
B05AA01	ALBUREL HUMAN ALBUMIN BP	BioHuman	Albumin human - 20%	20%	Injectable solution	6,353,687 L.L
B05AA01	ALBUTEIN	BioHuman	Albumin human - 20%	20%	Injectable solution	7,154,928 L.L
B05AA01	ALBUTEIN	BioHuman	Albumin human - 20%		Injectable solution	4,031,528 L.L
L04AB01	ALTEBREL	BioTech	Etanercept - 25mg/0.5ml	25mg/0.5ml	Injectable solution	27,383,989 L.L
A03BA01	ATROPINE	G	Atropine sulfate - 1mg/ml	1mg/ml	Injectable solution	702,149 L.L
A03BA01	ATROPINE SULFATE RENAUDIN	G	Atropine sulfate - 1mg/ml	0.1%	Injectable solution	397,777 L.L
A03BA01	ATROPINE I.V. 0.25 MG.	G	Atropine - 0.25mg/ml	0.25mg/ml	Injectable solution	2,412,129 L.L
A03BA01	ATROPINE	G	Atropine sulfate - 0.5mg/ml	0.5mg/ml	Injectable solution	680,315 L.L
A03BA01	ATROPINE SULFATE RENAUDIN	G	Atropine sulfate - 0.5mg/ml	0.5mg	Injectable solution	385,683 L.L
A03BA01	ATROPINE SULFATEAGUETTANT	G	Atropine - 0.1mg/ml	0.1mg/ml	Injectable solution	7,805,376 L.L
B05BA01	AMINOVEN 10%	B	Glacial Acetic Acid 99% - 5.297g/l, L-Proline - 15.0g/l, L-Alanine - 15.0g/l, Glycine - 14.0g/l, L-Histidine - 3.00g/l, L-Arginine - 12.0g/l, L-Valine - 6.20g/l, L-Tryptophan - 2.00g/l, L-Threonine - 4.40g/l, L-Phenylalanine - 5.10g/l, L-Methionine - 4.30g/l, L-Lysine (monoacetate) - 6.60g/l, L-Leucine - 7.40g/l, L-Isoleucine - 5.00g/l		Injectable solution	951,440 L.L
B05BA01	AMINOVEN INFANT	B	L-Leucine - 13g/l, L-Isoleucine - 8g/l, L-Lysine Acetate - 12g/l, L-Methionine - 3.12g/l, L-Phenylalanine - 3.75g/l, L-Threonine - 4.40g/l, L-Tryptophan - 2.01g/l, L-Valine - 9g/l, Arginine - 7.5g/l, L-Histidine - 4.76g/l, Glycine - 4.15g/l, L-Taurine - 0.40g/l, L-Serine - 7.67g/l, L-Alanine - 9.3g/l, L-Proline - 9.71g/l, N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine - 5.176g/l, N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine - 0.70g/l, L-Malic Acid - 2.62g/l	10%	Injectable solution	880,217 L.L
B05BA01	AMINOPLASMAL B. BRAUN	B	Amino acids - 10%	10%	Injectable solution	1,036,103 L.L
A03BB01	ANTIPAN	G	Hyoscine N butylbromide - 20mg/ml		Injectable solution	355,798 L.L
A03BB01	ANTIPAN	G	Hyoscine N butylbromide - 20mg/ml		Injectable solution	2,557,140 L.L
L01BC01	ALEXAN	G	Cytarabine - 100mg/5ml	100mg/5ml	Injectable solution	388,370 L.L
L01BC01	ALEXAN	G	Cytarabine - 1,000mg/20ml	1,000mg/20ml	Injectable solution	2,848,946 L.L
L04AB04	ABRILADA	BioTech	Adalimumab - 40mg	40mg	Injectable solution	40,259,574 L.L
L04AB04	ABRILADA	BioTech	Adalimumab - 40mg	40mg	Injectable solution	40,259,574 L.L
L04AB04	ADALIREL	BioTech	Adalimumab - 40mg	40mg	Injectable solution	7,805,376 L.L
R03DA05	AMINOPHYLLINE RENAUDIN	G	Aminophylline - 250mg/10ml	2.5%	Injectable solution	739,113 L.L
L04AC07	ACTEMRA	BioTech	Tocilizumab - 162mg/0.9ml	162mg/0.9ml	Injectable solution	79,959,812 L.L
B05AA01	ALBUREL HUMAN ALBUMIN BP	BioHuman	Albumin human - 20%	20%	Injectable solution	L.L
L04AB04	ADALIREL	BioTech	Adalimumab - 40mg	40mg	Injectable solution	L.L
C01CA24	ADRENALINE 1 MG I.V.	G	Adrenaline - 1mg/ml	1mg/ml	Injectable solution	2,239,738 L.L
C01CA24	ADRENALINE RENAUDIN	G	Epinephrine (tartrate) - 1mg/ml	1mg	Injectable solution	444,812 L.L
C01CA24	ADRENALINE SALF	G	Adrenaline - 1mg/ml	1mg/ml	Injectable solution	220,390 L.L
C01CA24	ADRENALINE AGUETTANT	G	Adrenaline - 0.1mg/ml	0.1mg/ml	Injectable solution	13,990,891 L.L
N02BG06	ACUPAN	B	Nefopam HCl - 20mg	20mg	Injectable solution	365,525 L.L
A04AA05	ALOXI	B	Palonosetron HCl - 0.25mg/5ml	0.25mg/5ml	Injectable solution	3,656,595 L.L

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