Kenya: State Steps Up Campaign to Fight Fake Drugs

August 24, 2007

The fight against counterfeit drugs yesterday moved a notch higher with the launch of a crackdown on the dealers.

Dr James Nyikal, the director of Medical Services, said the campaign by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) mainly targets dealers in counterfeit anti-malaria drugs.
One person has been charged in court for selling counterfeit Duo-cotecxin and Cotecxin drugs.