Pharmacy, Medicines and Poisons Board (PMPB) has expressed concern on the proliferation of herbal and traditional medicine on the market, stating that the use of such drugs may have harm to the users since they are not scientifically proven to be safe . The board has made the observation amid a proliferation of herbal and traditional medicines […]
Minister of Health andPopulation Atupele Muluzi has said he will table a bill proposing new legislation to provide for stiffer sentences for cases of theft of government medical drugs. “I will be bringing before this Parliament, the Pharmacy, Medicines and Poisons Bill that will provide stiffer penalties and sanctions for those that are caught stealing […]
Malawi Pharmacy, Medicine and Poison Board (PMPB) organized a party and splashes shopping vouchers worth K75000 to all its workers over 40 people. This was against the 13th cheque freeze which government confirmed that it remains in force by then. According to our source, this is despite the reason that the lowest paid employee at […]
Malawi Parliamentary committee on Health members on Wednesday sent back a chief executive officer of Medicines and Poisons Board because he came alone to face questions from the committee. Chairperson of the board Juliana Lunguzi confirmed the committee sent back Godfrey Kadewere because he did not come with board members and technocrats to answer questions […]
The Pharmacy, Medicines and Poisons Board has warned people especially women against using products that contain corticosteroid as cosmetics because they risk suffering from skin cancer after prolonged use. An official from the board, Chrissy Chulu, sounded the warning on Friday at Mzuzu University during the com¬memoration of World Intel¬lectual Property Day where they displayed […]
The Malawi Pharmacy and Poison’s Board has embarked on an inspection campaign aimed at flushing out all vendors selling medical drugs without licenses. Malawi Pharmacy and Poison’s Board (MPPB) Acting Registrar, Wilford Matiya disclosed this in an interview with the Malawi News Agency (Mana). He said the exercise has been initiated after the board discovered […]