“MedLeb” is a software designed by Oummal to digitalize all the drugs – related procedures of the Service of Pharmacy at the Ministry of Public Health. “MedLeb” helps improving of the procedures followed, enhancing transparency, ensuring preparedness and maximizing the financial management.

Oummal aims to automate 5 modules: the registration of drugs, their pricing, the importation of drugs, their inspection, and their tracking.

The module of the importation of drugs and the module of drugs reception by the central inspection of the Service of Pharmacy have been developed and in use the first by the agents and the second the central inspection of the Service. Soon, the modules of drugs registration and pricing will be developed. Regarding the tracking module, Oummal is able to include it in the “MedLeb” or to link the “MedLeb” via API to any other tracking program.

In the drug importation module, the agent fills the automated import request, the Import – Export department checks the request first, the Service of Pharmacy second and the Minister of Public Health at last. They can give approval on the request quantity, or denies it, or request it to be edited, in that case the agent is notified to edit the quantity and attach a new proforma invoice. Upon approval, the agent attaches the required documents to complete the financial procedures.

Filters and comparison tools by dates, prices, agents, CIF or FOB, brand or generic, countries, and subsidization can be applied, and the total amount can be automatically calculated in several currencies with every approved request in order not to exceed the ceiling allocation.

In the drugs inspection module, the central inspection at the Service of Pharmacy verifies the quantity of drugs received upon arrival to the country in addition to the batch details ensuring the drug safety for use. 

Aside from automation, the “MedLeb” software is very flexible and versatile: any option, design or format in it can be easily updated, changed, removed or set with a criterion. This feature is highly required with the optimal changes that are being done and those that still have to be done to hop over the country’s economic crisis successfully.

Oummal will be done adding, updating and testing all the features of the “MedLeb” by the end of November 2022, the program will be granted to ministry of public health along with the database and its source code. For that reason, the ministry is already working on procuring additional servers.