Liberia: LMHPRA Warns Public against Buying Drugs from People Selling in Buckets
Liberia: LMHPRA Warns Public against Buying Drugs from People Selling in Buckets
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MONROVIA – The open sale of drugs both traditional and pharmaceutical by unregistered outlets is a major concern in Liberia.
A constant shortage of medicines in government hospitals and clinics has stimulated the growth of informal drug markets all over the country.
Meanwhile, the sale of traditional medicine, which often comes in the form of unprocessed roots, leaves and other products, is completely unregulated.is a crime to sell medicines in the street without a license. Inspectors from Liberia’s Pharmaceutical Board have been combing the countryside looking for drugs.
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Liberia: LMHRA, USP-PQM+ Set-Up Post-Marketing Surveillance Technical Working Group for Liberia
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LMHRA, USP-PQM+ Set-up Post-Marketing Surveillance Technical Working Group For Liberia
LMHRA, USP-PQM+ Set-up Post-Marketing Surveillance Technical Working Group For Liberia
LMHRA MD Smith, along with the newly-established PMS-TWG
MONROVIA – In bid to sustainably strengthen pharmaceuticals and medical product quality assurance systems in Liberia, the Liberia Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA) in collaboration with the United States Pharmacopeia Convention (USP), Promoting the Quality of Medicines Plus, on December 18, 2020, established a Post Market Surveillance Technical Working Group (PMS-TWG) for Liberia.
The goal of the PMS-TWG is to ensure the coordination of the relevant stakeholders in the building of PMS systems and periodic planning of PMS activities to assure the quality of medical products in the country.