The Lebanese University and the Ministry of Public Health signed a cooperation agreement to establish a "central reference laboratory for the safety, quality and efficacy of pharmaceutical preparations." It was signed by university president Dr. Bassam Badran and Health Minister Dr. Rakan Nasser El-Din, with the laboratory to open early next year at the Rafik Hariri University Campus in Hadath.
One report announced the signing without details, a second focused on the agreement's terms, the laboratory's location, opening date and the related cabinet decision, while a third framed the step as prominent for ensuring drug safety without additional data.