On 3 June 2024, the Regulations on hazardous substances for domestic, industrial and/or public health use (Supreme Decree No. 031-2023-SA) became effective. The purpose of the Regulations is to regulate and supervise the sanitary control of hazardous substances for domestic, industrial and/or public health use established in Chapter VI of Title II of Law No. 26842, General Health Law. The Regulations will be enforced by the General Directorate of Environmental Health and Food Safety (DIGESA) of the Ministry of Health.

On 20 May 2024, Law No. 32033 was published. This law guarantees and promotes access to generic drugs in International Nonproprietary Names (INN), as an essential part of the right to health.

Supreme Decree No. 004-2023-SA approved the new “Regulations governing the Medicinal and Therapeutic Use of Cannabis and its Derivatives,” which will enter into force on 1 September 2023.

Decision No. 908 of the Commission of the Andean Community was published in the Official Journal of the Cartagena Agreement N° 5097 on 29 December 2022. Through Decision 908, the provisions of Decision 706 (Harmonization of legislation on household hygiene products and absorbent personal hygiene products) have been amended, in the sense of facilitating imports of these products from third countries.

Given the on-going COVID-19 health emergency, the Commission of the Andean Community has recently extended exceptional and temporary provisions applicable to health products (cosmetics, household hygiene products and absorbents for personal use).

Law No. 31225, titled “Law promoting the acquisition and provision of the Sars-Cov-2 Coronavirus vaccine as a vaccination health strategy to ensure timely access” has been published in the Official Journal “El Peruano” on 21 June 2021.