KULOB, December 14, Asia-Plus On Tuesday December 13, employees of the Kulob directorate of the agency for medical examination and certification burned some 500 kilograms of uncertified medicines being injurious to health.
The head of the Kulob medical examination and certification directorate, Nabijon Shamolov, has told Asia-Plus that all burnt medicines and medicinal preparations were overdue, forged or did not meet requirements of state standard.
“Since the beginning of the year, we have checked quality of 1004 designations of medicines realized in the chemist’s shops in the city, and only 905 of them have been found fit for taking,” Mr. Shamolov said, adding that 11 others have been found to be forged and the remaining have been overdue.
Taking into the account that practically all medicines and medicinal preparations are imported to the republic, the Kulob medical examination and certification directorate head pointed to the necessity of tightening control over medicines imported to the country.
Nabijon Shamolov also noted that at present they were working on creation of appropriate conditions in 89 chemist’s shops functioning in the Kulob region for preparing and stockpiling medicinal preparations. “Since the beginning of the year, we have given licenses to 70 chemist’s shops in region that have been found fit for working,” Mr. Shamolov concluded.
