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Board cracks the whip on 86 unlicensed pharmacies

Dr. Dominic Munyoroku Kiriuki displays a notice that has been placed on shops targeting pharmacies that were found to have flouted regulations during a crackdown. [Duncan Ocholla/Standard]

The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has shut down 86 unlicensed pharmacies in western Kenya.

Inspectors from the board also seized drugs from the pharmacies, while those smuggled from Government hospitals were found in three private outlets in a crackdown that started on Monday.

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