SFDA Fees – Drug Registration in Saudi Arabia

This article includes:

  • SFDA drug registration fees by the drug type.
  • Drug Renewal fees.
  • Drug Variation.

All fees are provided as official, invoiced by the Saudi Food and Drugs Authority (SFDA). *Does not include the 15% VAT.

DRUG REGISTRATION FEES (SFDA)

 

The SFDA will invoice the following fees after submission of the eSDR application for drug registration.
*Fees are provided as SAR (Saudi Riyal) and USD (US Dollar).

*To calculate the cost of SFDA registration, you need to add: “SFDA Fees / 1 Product” + “SFDA eSDR Fees”. For example, for one product of Generic Drugs, in USD equivalent, SFDA registration fees should be calculated as: 10,646 + 2,130 = 12,776 USD.

Type

SFDA Fees / 1
product

(SAR)

SFDA

Fees / 1 Product

(~USD)

SFDA 

eSDR 

Fees

(SAR)

SFDA eSDR

Fees

(~USD)

New
Drugs

(including Biologicals, Biosimilars, and Radiopharmaceuticals)

95,000

 25,283

20,000

 5,323

Additional Dosage Form

95,000

 25,283

19,000

 5,057

Additional
Strength

24,000

 6,387

3,600

 958

Additional Pack Type

5,000

 1,331

2,400

 639

Additional
Pack Size

1,000

 266

150

 40

Generic Drug

40,000

 10,645

8,000

 2,129

Additional
Dosage Form

40,000

 10,645

8,000

 2,129

Additional Strength

10,000

 2,661

1,500

 399

Additional
Pack Type

5,000

 1,331

500

 133

Additional Pack Size

1,000

 266

150

 40

Health
or Herbal Products

20,000

 5,323

4,000

 1,065

Additional Dosage Form

20,000

 5,323

4,000

 1,065

Additional
Strength

5,000

 1,331

750

 200

Additional Pack Type

2,000

 532

200

 53

Additional
Pack Size

1,000

 266

150

 40

Veterinary Drug

5,000

 1,331

1,000

 266

Additional
Dosage Form

5,000

 1,331

300

 80

Additional Strength

1,000

 266

150

 40

Additional
Pack Type

1,000

 266

150

 40

Additional Pack Size

1,000

 266

150

 40

IV
Fluids

15,000

 3,992

3,000

 798

Additional Dosage Form

15,000

 3,992

 –

Additional
Strength

1,000

 266

150

 40

Additional Pack Type

1,000

 266

100

 27

Additional
Pack Size

1,000

 266

150

 40

 
 
DRUG RENEWAL FEES (SFDA)
 

Type

SFDA

Fees (SAR)

SFDA

Fees (~USD)

SFDA 

eSDR fees
(SAR)

SFDA 

eSDR fees (~USD)

New
Drug Renewal

30000

7,984

3000

798

Generic Drug Renewal

10000

2,661

1000

266

Health
& Herbal Renewal

8000

2,129

800

213

Veterinary Drug Renewal

1000

266

100

27

IV
Fluids Renewal

5000

1,331

500

133

 

 

DRUG VARIATION FEES (SFDA)

 

SFDA will invoice the following fees for drug variation applications for every SKU:

3000 SAR (~798 USD) + 1000 SAR (~266 USD)