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Medicines to have special code in new bid to curb counterfeits

Pharmacy and Poisons Board CEO Fred Moin during a three day workshop on combating counterfeit drugs.

You will soon be able to use your phone to establish whether you are using counterfeit or genuine medicines.

The Kenya Pharmacy and Poisons Board yesterday announced that medicines being imported or manufactured locally must have a code to act as a unique identifier to be used to verify their quality.

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