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69 ARRESTED OVER ILLEGAL HANDLING OF PHARMACEUTICALS
About 1 Week, 4 Days, 51 Minutes ago.
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board is the national medicines regulatory authority whose mandate is to protect the health of the public by regulating the profession of pharmacy and ensuring quality, safety  and  efficacy of medical products and health technologies.
 
In light of the above, PPB drug inspectors are conducting an intensive surveillance and enforcement operation within Kakuma Refugee camp, Kakuma town, Kanamkemer market  and  Lodwar town within Turkana County. 
PPB Destroys Pharmaceuticals Worth Sh32,324,515
About 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 19 Hours, 50 Minutes ago.
Nairobi, 16th April 2021- The Pharmacy and Poisons Board is the national medicines regulatory authority whose mandate is to protect the health of the public by regulating the profession of pharmacy and ensuring quality, safety  and  efficacy of medical products and health technologies.
58 Arrested in a crackdown in the Coast region
About 1 Month, 2 Weeks, 1 Day, 13 Hours ago.
MOMBASA, March 26, 2021- At least 58 people have been arrested and arraigned in court in an ongoing crackdown targeting illegal pharmacies in the Coast region which include Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi, Taita Taveta  and  Tana River counties.
PvERS II Launch
About 1 Month, 3 Weeks, 6 Days, 7 Hours, 49 Minutes ago.
PPB upgrades system for reporting adverse effects of medicines and vaccines 
Nairobi, March 17, 2021 – The Pharmacy and Poisons Board today launched an upgraded version of thePharmacovigilance Electronic Reporting System (PvERS II) to strengthen safety and quality monitoring of Health Products and Health Technologies in Kenya.
Pharmacy and Poisons Board Conducts Crackdown in Upper Eastern
About 1 Month, 4 Weeks, 1 Day, 14 Hours, 36 Minutes ago.
Meru, 12 March 2021 - At least 100 illegal pharmacy premises have been closed down in the ongoing crackdown conducted by the pharmacy and poisons board in the upper eastern region which  include  Meru, Embu, Tharaka Nithi, Isiolo  and  Marsabit Counties.
Pharmaceutical Industry Diagnostic Report, 2020
About 2 Months, 3 Days, 14 Hours, 42 Minutes ago.
Nairobi Kenya, 10 March 2021 – The Government today launched the Pharmaceutical Industry Diagnostic Report, 2020 to make the sector more competitive.
PPB accelerates authorization of treatment and diagnostics to combat COVID-19
About 8 Months, 1 Day, 6 Hours, 53 Minutes ago.
Nairobi September 7, 2020 – The Pharmacy and Poisons Board has instituted internationally accepted Emergency use/Compassionate use Authorisation (EUCUA procedure), for quick authorisation of treatments and diagnostics to combat the effects of Covid-19 disease. 
Sensitisation workshop for the Ports of Entry (PoE)
About 1 Year, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 7 Hours, 1 Minute ago.
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board Unit of Drug Crime Investigations & Enforcement is holding a sensitisation workshop for the Ports of Entry (PoE) stakeholders at the Moyale One-Stop Border Point ( OSBP).
Anti-Venom
About 1 Year, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 7 Hours, 35 Minutes ago.
The Board would like to notify the general public of the following falsified and unregistered ANTI SNAKE venom products in circulation,
Donation to West Pokot County
About 1 Year, 5 Months, 2 Days, 23 Hours, 40 Minutes ago.
Today, the Pharmacy and Poisons Board visited West Pokot County to donate medicines to victims affected by the recent landslides and flood disaster that swept through the County.  
Crackdown in Kiambu, Muranga, Nyeri, Kirinyaga, Nyandarua and Embu
About 1 Year, 5 Months, 1 Week, 8 Hours, 50 Minutes ago.
NYERI, November 22, 2019 - The Pharmacy and Poisons Board inspectors in conjunction with the National Police Service closed down a total of 110 illegal chemists, seized stocks, arrested the owners who were arraigned in court and charged with various offenses.
71 Illegal Chemists Closed in Coast Region
About 1 Year, 6 Months, 5 Days, 23 Hours, 36 Minutes ago.
Mombasa Wednesday November 6 2019 - A total of 71 illegal chemists in  Coast  Region have been closed, stocks seized and owners arrested during a crackdown carried out by the Pharmacy and Poisons  board  (PPB) pharmaceutical inspectors and the police under the Coast Regional Commissioner.
Recall of Sure Lubricated Condoms Dotted
About 1 Year, 7 Months, 1 Week, 3 Days, 5 Hours, 36 Minutes ago.
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) in collaboration with the National STI and AIDS Control Program (NASCOP) conducted a joint post-market surveillance quality survey of selected medical products and health technologies used in Kenya. Among the products that were sampled and tested were male latex condoms. The laboratory analysis results indicated that the following male latex condoms failed to comply with specification (s) for ISO 4074:2015 standard
LAUNCH OF PPB GUIDELINES ON THE WORLD PHARMACISTS DAY
About 1 Year, 7 Months, 2 Weeks, 3 Days, 6 Hours, 44 Minutes ago.
NAIROBI, Kenya September 25, 2019 - The Pharmacy and Poisons Board today celebrated the World Pharmacists Day under the theme “Safe and Effective Medicines for All,” with a launch of three key pharmaceutical guidelines.
Medicines Track System Underway
About 1 Year, 9 Months, 3 Weeks, 7 Hours, 13 Minutes ago.
Nairobi, KENYA July 23, 2019 -The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) is currently working on medicines track and trace system that will ensure that all medical products and health technologies in the market have a tracing number. 
NDS for Licit Control Moves to Production
About 1 Year, 10 Months, 2 Weeks, 3 Days, 3 Hours, 16 Minutes ago.
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board is happy to announce the migration of National Drug Control System (NDS) for Licit control from test environment to production. This System is used to control Narcotics, Psychotropics, and Precursor Chemical substances globally.
Herbal clinics in the limelight for substandard medicine production
About 1 Year, 10 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 4 Hours, 45 Minutes ago.

The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) yesterday seized herbal medicines and personnel working at three herbal clinics in Nairobi over substandard medicines.

 

The board that did inspection at Murugu Herbal Clinic and two other clinics within Nairobi, was checking for the quality of the herbal medicines produced, confirming the licensing of the clinic and how the medicines are produced from the beginning of the manufacturing process to the end.

Mid-Term Review Strategy Retreat
About 3 Years, 3 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Hours, 32 Minutes ago.
Dr. Jackson Kioko opens mid-term review strategy retreat at Savora Whitesands Hotel
Kenya Endorsed as a Member Economy to the AHWP at the 22nd Asian Harmonization Working Party(AHWP) i
About 3 Years, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, 4 Hours, 12 Minutes ago.
Medical devices including In vitro diagnostics constitute a vital component of health products and health technologies that contribute to the attainment of the highest standards of health for all citizens as envisioned in Article 43 of the Constitution of Kenya. Regulation of these products is key to attainment of this Human Right.
Pharmacy Regulator goes big on Sh240M automation project
About 3 Years, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, 23 Hours, 6 Minutes ago.
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB)  has fully automated services, making it the first national drug regulatory authority in Africa to automate clinical trial registry process among other services.