The Pharmacy and Poisons Board is the Drug Regulatory Authority established under the Pharmacy and Poisons Act, Chapter 244 of the Laws of Kenya.
The Board regulates the Practice of Pharmacy, Manufacture and Trade in drugs and poisons. more ...>> 

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STATEMENT ON COUGH AND COLD MEDICINES

Cough medicines are medicines used to relieve cough and related conditions. They are widely available worldwide at supermarkets and pharmacies due to their safety profile over many decades. The western world is currently moving them from supermarkets to pharmacies. In Kenya, they have always been Pharmacy only medicines. In procurement of medicines, the VEN classification is usually used (V-Vital, E- Essential and N- Non-Essential). Due to limited resources, the public sector procures mostly essential medicines. Cough medicines are not classified as essential medicines hence the reason why they are not available in public supply chain. more...>>

Pharmacists' Exams for both Stage I and Stage II candidates will be done on 22^nd June 2009. Two papers, Paper I and Paper II will be done on the same day, morning and afternoon respectively. For more instruction and application requirements please click here...

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