In the presence of the dean, prof. Dr. Ahmed Abbas, the department of clinical pharmacy at the faculty of pharmacy held a symposium under the title (the reality of drug prescription in Iraq). The symposium dealt with several subjects including medical and clinical aspects, reality of drugs used in our country and the varying proportion of their effectiveness between one company and another. The researchers emphasized on the need to develop plans and regulations to prevent the flow of drugs of bad qualities as well as imposing health control to prevent their circulation or use without a medical prescription.