Launching the MEDLEB application to help the patient know the price of the drug and the available alternatives… Here are the details

The Minister of Public Health, Dr. Firas Al-Abyadh, launched the easy-to-use Medleb application, which allows the patient to know the price of his medicine specified by the Ministry of Public Health and the available substitutes for this medicine along with its price, by simply entering the name of the medicine or scanning the two-dimensional barcode on the packaging can.

This is the first stage, which will be followed by a second stage that determines for the patient the geographical location of the drug, i.e. the pharmacies and hospitals available in it, through the use of the Google Maps feature, which enables the user to find the closest place to him and go to him.

The application is free and can be downloaded easily on the phone. It was developed in cooperation between the Pharmacy Department of the Ministry of Public Health and the Workers Association.

Minister Al-Abyad stressed that “the importance of the Medleb application lies in the fact that it shows the patient the real price of the drug and the existing alternatives, so that he can choose from them the price that suits him. It also detects the counterfeit medicine that the application does not show any characteristics of, so it warns the patient of its danger.” He said, “Currently, about fifty-five classes of cancer and incurable diseases drugs are subject to the Meditrack tracking system, but we will reach a stage where all medicines in pharmacies will be covered by the tracking system, provided that they are successively linked to the Medleb application. Issuing the price index quickly and more than once a week.

Medlib application details

1- Searching for a drug by writing the name of the drug or the main ingredient, or by scanning the two-dimensional code on the package, with the exception of locally-made medicines that began to adopt the two-dimensional code on packages early this year, which may require some time until they become fully available.

2- View information related to the drug, its price, the manufacturer and the country of manufacture. For some medicines, the user can also see the price of a single pill (for example, a cheaper medicine pack may contain fewer pills, so it will be more cost-effective to buy a more expensive pack).

3- Finding an alternative medicine: by clicking on “Alternative Medicine”, where the user can see a list of alternative medicines offered from the lowest price to the most expensive.