Yousef Alharbi

Regulatory and Government Affairs Manager at Nutricia Middle East DMCC (part of Danone group)

• Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
• My current job since November 2018

1. Head, Herbal and Health Product Division at Saudi FDA

• Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
• My current job since October 2010

- Peer-reviewed quality assessment reports created by assessment officers for completeness and accuracy.
- Recommended the acceptance or rejection of safety and efficacy aspects of submissions.
- Seating and updating regulatory frameworks and guidelines.
- Assessing the quality part of the dossier of therapeutic goods mainly herbal and health products.
- Classifying the therapeutic goods which require or not require premarket approval.
- Inspecting the Pharmaceutical manufacturing sites to assure compliance with GMP guideline.

Current membership
• International regulatory cooperation for Herbal Medicines, WHO.
• Herbal and health product registration committee, Saudi FDA.
• Classification committee, Saudi FDA.
• An import permit of narcotic plants seeds Committee, ministry of interior.
• The Natural Health Product Research Society's of Canada.
• National Pharmacovigilance and drug safety center (NPC).


Past membership
• Blood products temporary committee, Saudi FDA.
• Raw herbal material standards temporary committe, Saudi FDA.
• Food with medical claims temporary committee, Saudi FDA.

2. Supervisor, Herbal and Health Product Division at Saudi FDA

• Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
• December 2008 to October 2010

- Recommended the acceptance or rejection of safety and efficacy aspects of submissions.
- Assessing the quality part of the dossier of therapeutic goods mainly herbal and health products.

3. Assessment officer at Saudi FDA

• Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
• March 2006 to December 2008

Assessing the quality part of the dossier of therapeutic goods