Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the “National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) ” and the “College of Pharmacy at King Saud University”
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and the College of Pharmacy at King Saud University signed, on Thursday 25 Rabi` al-Thani / 1442 AH, a memorandum of understanding to develop the concept of natural herbal remedies.
The memorandum was signed at the pharmaceutical college headquarters at King Saud University, where NCCAM was represented by its Executive-Director General Professor Yasser Al-Ahmari, and the college was represented by Dr. Aws Al-Shamsan, in the presence of several employees of the two parties.
The memorandum aims to achieve cooperation between the NCCAM and the College in the fields of training, research, awareness, technology, and development, to ensure that the scientific content of educational events is enriched with applied experiments through the development of pioneering training and academic programs, in addition to cooperation in preparing an encyclopaedia of natural herbs.
The Executive Director-General of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) asserted that the cooperation with the College of Pharmacy at King Saud University comes as part of the center’s plan to integrate with all of the associated sectors to develop the Complementary and Alternative Medicine profession and to create broad professional opportunities in the field, The thing which ensures the advancement of the Complementary Medicine Practice in order for it be a treatment option available at the highest standards.