Section 21 (South Africa) in United Arab Emirates

About Section 21 (South Africa)

South Africa's SAHPRA pathway for access to unregistered medicines.

How Section 21 (South Africa) works in United Arab Emirates

The UAE recognises a formal Named Patient / compassionate-use pathway via MOHAP and the Department of Health Abu Dhabi (DoH). Physicians apply on behalf of individual patients for drugs not registered in-country.

Patients in United Arab Emirates seeking access under Section 21 (South Africa) typically follow this flow: a licensed physician in United Arab Emirates issues the prescription and clinical justification, the regulator reviews and authorises, and an authorised operator coordinates import.

Documents required in United Arab Emirates

• Physician prescription and clinical-justification letter.
• Patient identification and consent.
• Country-specific NPP/personal-import form.
• Hospital or clinic attestation where required.

Typical timeline

End-to-end 2-6 weeks in most tier 1 jurisdictions. Cellular and gene therapies may require additional ethics-committee review.

Start a request

Start a request under Section 21 (South Africa) in United Arab Emirates