Pharmacy board dismisses claims of blocking 21,000 drug imports as false and alarmist

The Ministry of Health received a consignment at JKIA . [Maryann Muganda, Standard]

The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has dismissed reports alleging that it blocked more than 21,000 medical products from entering Kenya, terming the claims false, misleading, and intended to cause unnecessary public alarm.

In a statement issued on Sunday, the regulator responded to accusations by the Kenya Pharmaceutical Distributors Association (KPDA), which had urged the government to lift what it described as a blockade on medicine imports.