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New Vision (Kampala) - October 2, 2002
Geoffrey Kamali
NDA drug inspectors accompanied by CID officers, on Friday raided the pharmacies in Kampala and Jinja. They withdrew their operating licences and closed them down.
Recos Enterprises Ltd., Desire Pharmacy Ltd., Pharma-tec Ltd., Mercy Pharmacy Ltd., Pharm Medic Ltd. and Pelez-Ma Ltd and Duse Pharmaceuticals Ltd, all in Kampala, were closed.
Mwesigwa Pharmacy and Amaph Pharmacy Ltd., both in Jinja were also closed. The closure followed health minister Brig. Jim Muhwezi's order last week that the pharmacies be closed pending investigations.
Muhwezi also demanded sanctions against the owners by the Pharmacist Council, which enforces discipline among its members.
Diflucan tablets produced by a US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer Inc., were donated in February to poor HIV patients.
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