Uruguay is moving towards comprehensive pharmaceutical regulation with the creation of the Medicines Agency

The Ministry of Public Health (MSP) is in the budgetary planning stage for the creation of the long-awaited Medicines Agency, an official agency designed to monitor and regulate in a comprehensive manner all drugs that are placed on the market or administered in the Uruguayan territory. Minister Cristina Lustemberg confirmed this, highlighting the high priority that the government gives to this initiative. The future agency will have the crucial…