# ກົມອາຫານ ແລະ ຢາ (Food and Drug Department, Ministry of Health, Lao PDR)

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## TL;DR

The department of Laos's Ministry of Health that registers medicines and food products and controls their import.

## Summary

The Food and Drug Department is a department of the Lao Ministry of Health. Its site, in Lao, publishes the laws and regulations it applies, registration of products, guidance manuals, import procedures, product information and statistics. OnCo read no description of how it assesses cancer medicines and no WHO maturity rating for it. The coordinates are an approximate Vientiane city point.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: Food and Drug Department, Laos; FDD Laos
- City: Vientiane, LA
- Type: government
- Website: https://www.fdd.gov.la

## Sources

- Food and Drug Department, Lao PDR: https://www.fdd.gov.la

## Connected records

- institutions: [National Cancer Center, Lao PDR (Mittaphab Hospital)](https://onco.cc/institutions/national-cancer-center-laos/)

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