By OLIVER SAMBOKOHONEYBEE pharmacy has replaced the expired paracetamol that it supplied to government worth $700,000, after it was awarded a $17 million contract to supply Health Centre medical kits to the Ministry of Health.According to a delivery note dated December 15, 2020, Honeybee Pharmacy delivered 19,900 of 500mg tablets of Panadol to Medical stores as replacement for the tablets BP 500mg batch numbers PPYP-03 and PPYP-04 manufactured by Prashi Pahrma Pvt Limited of India.In September, the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) director general Bernice Mwale ordered HoneyBee Pharmacy to recall all batches of Paracetamol tablets which it supplied to the Ministry of Health because the supplied medicine did not meet specifications.HoneyBee was also directed to submit to the authority a detailed report of the recall process, to include the quantity of drugs imported and those supplied to health facilities.Meanwhile, Southern Africa Students and Youth Development Association (SASYDA) has commended Honeybee Pharmacy for replacing the […]
HoneyBee replaces recalled paracetamol
