1. Medicine Import permit can be obtained from the Ministry of Health and the address information are found under the section Office Locations & Contacts of this page.
2. Submit the application letter requesting for the Import license with all the documents that are listed under the Required Documents section of this page to the Ministry of Health.
3. After your application has been validated and high level checking is completed successfully the application will be approved and an Ixport permit will be issued.

• Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product (this is a license approved by Medicine Regulatory Unit (Ministry of Health) from country of origin.)
• Manufacturing License (this is a license issued to a medicine manufacturing Company obtainable from Ministry of Trade.)
• Certificate of Registration (this is a certificate that the product has been registered and it is in use in the country of origin.)
• Import License (Export/import (Traders) license this is a license issued to Trader/ individual for exporting/importing medicines)
• Certificate of Analysis (this is a certificate that provides laboratory results.)
• GMP certificate (Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Certificate this is to certify that the company meets the international standards of manufacturing medicines.)
• ISO Certificate (International standards organization (ISO) certificate this is a certificate that meets international standards)
• Certificate of donation (Certificate of Donation this is a certificate that depicts that the supplied products is a donation.)
• IDA approval (International Drug Association (IDA) approval this is an approval from international organization for market access.)
• Free sales certificate / SADAC Certificate (this is an approval for market access within member states issued by SADC control board.)
• CE certificate ( (European Conformity) certificate this is an approval for market access within member states)
• Pro-forma invoice to Ministry of Health (MRU) is alo needed.
• List of items - export

Medicines Regulatory Unit,
Pharmaceuticals Department,
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare,
P.O.Box 514,
Maseru 100,
Lesotho.

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

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Sample application form for Import Permit : Sample Application Form

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e.g. The state office holds birth records since January 1908.

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1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

This procedure provides you information about how to Import medicines into Lesotho.

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