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PCN seals 808 illegal pharmaceutical premises in one month — Registrar
Aug 3, 2020
Mohammed made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja, while giving an update of the council’s activities in July.
He said that out of the 1,179 pharmaceutical premises inspected by the council’s enforcement team, 740 illegal medicines shops and 68 illegal pharmacies were sealed.
“ In the month of July, the enforcement team of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria visited Kwara and Ogun states in line with its mandate to sanitise the healthcare environment of our dear country.
“A total of 1,179 pharmaceutical premises were inspected during the visits and at the end of the visit, 808 premises were sealed including 740 illegal medicines shops and 68 illegal pharmacies,” Mohammed said.
The registrar expressed dismay over the uncontrolled proliferation of online pharmacies in the country.
He, however, cautioned people who engaged in the sales and promotion of medicines online to visit their PCN state offices to register the online pharmacies latest Aug. 31.
According to him, the minimum requirement for an online pharmacy is its direct affiliation to a registered physical brick and mortar pharmacy.
“Failure to do so will lead to the pulling down of such portals and subsequent prosecution.
“These include full-fledged online pharmacy websites, stores hosted on all purpose e-commerce sites and also those practiced on social media handles.
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