Fake pharmacies swallow bitter pill

Two hundred private pharmacies selling expired and banned drugs were nabbed by the special unit of the National Drug Control Authority during a single day countrywide raid. These pharmacies had sold drugs without prescriptions and they did not have qualified and trained pharmacists, Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry sources said.

Nadira Gunatilleke
29 July 2008

Read the full story at dailynews.lk.

Posted Tuesday July 29, 2008 | Permalink

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