By GRACE CHAILE-LESOETSAZAMBIA Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) has been tasked to prevent the 30 percent fake and substandard medicines globally enter the local market.And the Minister of Health, Dr Jonas Chanda has said Government would engage its legal team to investigate and prosecute those who were involved in the supply of defective and substandard drugs.Dr Chanda told ZAMRA to pull up its socks and ensure that the 30 percent substandard medicines did not reach the Zambia market.“We have 70 percent genuine medicines on the market while the other 30 percent is a kind of a black mafia system. So ZAMRA you have to up your game to prevent that 30 percent of substandard drugs from coming into our market,” he said.Dr. Chanda said ZAMRA had to focus on prevention by ensuring all the drugs that come in are tested and not the tendency of recalling drugs when they have already harmed the public.He said preventing […]
Keep fake drugs out of Zambia, Minister prods ZAMRA
