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HC issues directive to remove expired medicines

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Published: 07:31, 18 June 2019   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
HC issues directive to remove expired medicines

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) directed the authorities concerned to withdraw expired medicines from markets.

The High Court bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahsan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader passed the order on Tuesday.

Deputy Attorney General ABM Abdullah Al Mahmud Bashar moved for the state during hearing.

Earlier on Monday, a writ petition was filed with the High Court seeking its directives to stop selling expired medicines and to withdraw those from shops.

On June, Deputy Director of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) Manzur Mohammad Shahriar said that 93 per cent of the pharmacies in the capital are selling expired medicines.


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