`Private hospitals could be involved in selling expired medicines´
(WorldNews Pakistan)

ISLAMABAD: An inquiry conducted by Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) has showed that private hospitals could be involved in selling expired medicines through their own medical stores. Pharmacists believe that expired medicines not only fail in curing the patients but can also leave adverse effects on them in the shape of a number of complications. The inquiry report of Drap dated Nov 8 and available with Dawn states that during a raid at a known hospital in the federal capital it transpired that expired medicines were being sold at its medical store. According to the report prepared by Federal Inspector of Drugs Mehvish Ansari, though the manufacturing and expiry dates of some...