Under the 2025 law, the Emirates Drug Establishment (EDE) licenses pharmaceutical facilities, including medical warehouses and drug stores. We handle new licences, renewals, variations, and pharmacist licensing, and we keep operations running while the file moves.
A pharmaceutical facility licence UAE operators rely on is not a one-off document, it is a lifecycle. Facilities need a new licence to open, renewals to keep trading, variations when anything material changes, and clean closure filings when a site winds down. We run all of it with the Emirates Drug Establishment (EDE), the federal authority for pharmaceutical facility licensing, including medical warehouses and drug stores.
Variations are where files most often stall: relocation, activity changes, and changes to the pharmacist in charge each need their own submission. We prepare the variation, align the supporting documents, and keep the licence continuous while the change is processed.
Not every facility sits with the EDE. MOHAP retains community and compounding pharmacy licensing and certain narcotics controls, so we route each file to the right authority from day one. We hold our own facility and warehouse licences, so we run these processes for ourselves as well as for clients: a licensed partner, not a paperwork consultancy.
New licences, renewals, variations, pharmacists, and inspections, one accountable team.
First licences for warehouses, scientific offices, and pharmacies: application, supporting documents, and authority liaison through to issuance.
Renewals filed before expiry, with the document set refreshed and operations uninterrupted while the authority processes the file.
Relocation, activity changes, and management updates, each prepared as its own submission with the licence kept continuous.
Pharmacist-in-charge licensing and re-licensing: dataflow verification, exam scheduling, and transfers between facilities.
Mock inspections and gap closure before EDE and DHA visits, so findings surface with us and not with the inspector.
When a site winds down, we file the closure properly so obligations are discharged and nothing follows the business later.
The same sequence covers new licences and renewals, run while your operations continue.
Confirm the facility type, the licensing route, and the gaps in the current document set.
Prepare and file the EDE application with the supporting corporate and technical documents.
License or transfer the pharmacist in charge in parallel, so staffing never blocks issuance.
Run a mock inspection, close the gaps, and prepare the team for the authority visit.
Track conditions, expiry dates, and renewals so the licence stays continuous.
Every licensed pharmaceutical facility needs a licensed pharmacist in charge. When that person changes, the facility is exposed until a replacement is licensed and recorded, so we treat pharmacist licensing as part of facility licensing, not as a separate errand.
We manage the full pharmacist file: dataflow verification of credentials, exam scheduling, first-time licensing, re-licensing, and transfers when a pharmacist moves between facilities. Because timelines vary case by case, we start the pharmacist workstream at the same time as the facility application, subject to authority response times.
If your pharmacist in charge resigns, tell us early. We line up the replacement so the handover is recorded properly and the facility keeps operating.
Licences are won and lost at inspection. Before EDE and DHA visits we run a mock inspection against the applicable requirements, document the findings, and close the gaps: premises, records, storage conditions, and the responsibilities of the pharmacist in charge.
The aim is simple: no surprises on the day. Where a finding needs physical work or new documentation, we sequence the fix before the visit is booked, and we brief your team on what the inspector will ask and how the evidence should be presented.
We hold our own facility and warehouse licences and run the same processes for clients.
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Send us the product details and we will come back with a roadmap, classification opinion, and indicative timeline within 48 hours.
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