Topic: Pharmacy and Poisons Board
COMESA issues advisory on counterfeit breast cancer drug circulating in Kenya
May 15, 2024 at 10:18 AM
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Competition Commission has alerted its member states to the circulation of a counterfeit cancer drug in Kenya, raising se...
Why PPB has issued a public warning against Benylin paediatric cough syrup
Apr 12, 2024 at 11:26 AM
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) of Kenya issued a public alert today regarding a specific batch of Benylin pediatric cough syrup....
Pharmacy board warns against use of suspicious ‘Asali ya Wazee’ and Truvada batches
Nov 22, 2023 at 01:40 PM
In a recent development, the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has issued a public alert regarding two distinct suspected cases of falsified medical products circulating within the ...
Why Pharmacy, Poisons Board recalled Tamedol oral solution by Biopharma
Sep 20, 2023 at 02:34 PM
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has mandated the recall of Tamedol oral solution (Paracetamol oral solution, 120mg/5ml, 60 mls) manufactured by Biopharma LTD, Kenya, due to qu...
Pharmacy and Poisons Board cautions Kenyan women against 'Yoni Pearls' use
Aug 07, 2023 at 10:14 PM
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) issued a stern warning to the general public against the usage of "Yoni Pearls" or vaginal detox pearls, herbal tampons, cleansing pearls, and ...
Viral 'like a rat on the highway' man arrested over Sh5 million KEMSA drugs
Mar 13, 2023 at 08:00 PM
Police on Monday finally apprehended Alex Sadi who had been on the run after a chemist linked to him in Mombasa County was found with government drugs worth Sh5 million....
Viral 'like a rat on the highway' man goes into hiding after Sh5 million KEMSA drugs found in his chemist
Mar 13, 2023 at 11:08 AM
That same man, Alex Sadi, is in trouble and is being hunted down by police for grilling after a chemist linked to him was dubiously found with Sh5 million worth of government drugs...
Ruto replaces James Atebe with Charles Githinji as Pharmacy and Poisons Board chairman
Jan 20, 2023 at 07:08 PM
President William Ruto has revoked the appointment of James Mandere Rogers Atebe as the Chairperson of the Pharmacy and Poisons Board and appointed Charles Githinji to replace him....
KEBS bans 435 beauty products for containing ‘harmful substances’
Nov 02, 2022 at 01:25 AM
The Kenya Bureau of Statistics (KEBS) on Tuesday released a list of 435 cosmetics brands it has banned for allegedly being contaminated with mercury and hydroquinone compounds....
68 traders arrested, charged in crackdown on illegal pharmacies
May 21, 2021 at 09:34 AM
An operation spearheaded by Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) Deputy Director of Inspectorate Dr Dominic Kariuki impounded 133 cartons of assorted medicines and shut down more than ...
Poisons Board throws Health CS Mutahi Kagwe under the bus in Sputnik V drama
Apr 02, 2021 at 12:01 PM
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has confirmed that the Sputnik V vaccine being administered by a private health facility is in the Country legally....
MoH changes tune on Sputnik V vaccine emergency use
Mar 31, 2021 at 08:49 PM
The Ministry of Health on Wednesday changed tune on Sputnik V, the Russian Covid-19 vaccine, saying the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PBB) had allowed it to be used in Kenya and vacc...
PSK warns personalities against marketing Covid-19 vaccine on social media
Mar 30, 2021 at 03:53 PM
The Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya (PSK) has warned unnamed personalities against marketing brands of Covid-19 vaccines to the public through their social media pages....
Board approves use of Russia's Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V in Kenya
Mar 24, 2021 at 12:55 PM
Kenya's Pharmacy and Poisons Board has confirmed that it has approved for emergency use in Kenya Russia's Covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, following locally done tests....
