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Pharmaceuticals regulator rejects suspension of drugs manufacturer

Dr Fred Siyoi, Pharmacy and Poisons Board's Registrar. The board has turned down calls to suspend the licence of a local pharmaceuticals manufacturer.

The state regulator of the pharmaceutical sector has turned down calls for suspension of the operations of a local manufacturer of medicines for allegedly failing to meet required standards.

The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has rejected a report by the National Quality Control Laboratory (NQCL), an agency under it, to suspend the operating licence of Nairobi-based Mac's pharmaceuticals terming it contradictory to other recent documents issued by the lab.

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