The Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks in Mexico has launched a Drug Health Registration Viewer to verify the validity and legality of medicines in real time. The platform aims to prevent corruption, shortages, and irregularities in the pharmaceutical sector, while promoting patient safety and efficient use of public resources. The Viewer replaces the previous consultation mechanism and is available via the COFEPRIS portal as of April 22, 2026.
Key Highlights:
- Policy Focus:
- Launch of the Drug Sanitary Registration Viewer, a digital platform providing real-time access to information on medicines with valid sanitary registrations in Mexico.
- Scope:
- Applicable to all regulated entities, patients, public health institutions, and stakeholders requiring verification of the validity and legality of medicines registered in Mexico.
- Key Requirements / Provisions:
- Contains 28 information fields per registered medicine (registration number, trade name, generic name, active ingredient, therapeutic indication, holder, manufacturer, packager, distributors, shelf life, registration status).
- Search and export capabilities: query by registration number, generic name, active ingredient, manufacturer, or registration holder; structured data export available.
- Replaces the previous consultation mechanism; platform is dynamic and continuously updated.
- Sanitary registration holders may submit observations or corrections via the designated COFEPRIS email channel.
- Supports prevention of corruption, reduction of irregular supplier risks, and optimization of public procurement processes.
- Regulatory Goals:
- Improve transparency and reliability of regulatory information on medicines in Mexico
- Strengthen patient safety and regulatory oversight through real-time access to registration data
- Support strategic decision-making for regulatory monitoring, market analysis, and production and distribution planning.
- Consolidate medicine registration consultation into a single, continuously updated platform.
Source
Select Mandate HA
Select Mandate Function