The National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) issued a circular announcing the extension of temporary suspension of non-emergent medical services at all private healthcare facilities.

The Executive Director of the National Health Regulatory Authority, Mariam Al-Jalahma, said that drug utilization reviews (DUR) for medications will be activated and is to be applied among all health services providers, in a way that medicines are dispensed from online prescription pharmacies.

The High Administrative Court upheld the decision of the National Health Regulatory Authority to de-list license of a doctor and remove his name from the records of the authority after exceeding the limits of his license and performing cosmetic surgery for a woman who suffered from serious medical complications.

The National Audit Office Report said that the NHRA addressed the Tender Board to renew the contracts of some suppliers within a period of less than three months from the date of their expiry, or after their expiry in some cases, which is contrary to the rules of the Tender Board No. 2 for 2003.

The National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) announced the withdrawal of all forms of Zantac and Apo-Ranitidine from the market as they contain some carcinogenic impurities of NDMA according to the results of laboratory tests.

The National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) said that an Asian who counterfeited prescriptions for Lyrica was arrested in cooperation and coordination between the Commission and the General Directorate of Investigation and Criminal Evidence.

The National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) has closed a pharmacy and suspended its manager for a year for violating professional regulations and selling "Lyrica" medicine without prescription, and at a higher price.

The Executive Director of the National Health Regulatory Authority, Mariam Al-Jalahma, refused to exempt anyone from any financial penalties, stressing that the fines are government fees and paying them is obligatory according to the law.

The National Health Regulatory Authority stated that it had rejected 102 applications for medical practice from non-Bahrainis because of their forged certificates.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued Decree 46/2018 reappointing Dr. Mariam Athbi Al-Jalahma as Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) for three years.