# Emirates Drug Establishment (EDE)

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## TL;DR

The United Arab Emirates' federal medicines regulator, set up in 2023. It approves and registers medicines and medical devices, oversees clinical trials and monitors drug safety.

## Summary

The establishment's site says it was established on 29 September 2023 as the federal authority responsible for regulating medical and pharmaceutical products, including medical devices, blood derivative products and stem cells, and that its work covers research and development, clinical and non-clinical trials, pharmaceutical testing, drug approval and registration, manufacturing, market authorisation, pharmacovigilance, control and inspection. WHO's list of regulators operating at maturity level 3 or 4 (August 2026) does not include the UAE. The coordinates are an approximate Abu Dhabi city point.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: EDE; مؤسسة الإمارات للدواء
- City: Abu Dhabi, AE
- Type: government
- Website: https://www.ede.gov.ae/en/home

## Sources

- Emirates Drug Establishment: https://www.ede.gov.ae/en/home
- WHO: regulators operating at maturity level 3 and 4 (August 2026): https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/list-of-nras-operating-at-ml3-and-ml4

## Connected records

- institutions: [Burjeel Medical City and Burjeel Cancer Institute, Abu Dhabi](https://onco.cc/institutions/burjeel-medical-city/), [Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi](https://onco.cc/institutions/sheikh-shakhbout-medical-city/), [Tawam Hospital](https://onco.cc/institutions/tawam-hospital/)

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