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The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has flagged a falsified Postinor-2 batch already in the Kenyan market containing deceptive information about its manufacturer.
Postinor-2, commonly known as P2, is an emergency birth control pill used to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex or birth control failure that is taken within 72 hours.
In a new Public Alert written by PPB’s chief executive, Dr Ahmed Mohamed, he said that the P2 drugs, known as Levonorgestrel of about 0.75 milligrams tablets were from Batch No. T34197R.
The sellers who were flagged claimed that the specific batch was manufactured by a European multinational pharmaceutical company called Gedeon Richter.
PPB did a comparative analysis between the falsified and the genuine Postinor-2 supplied by Gedeon Richter Plc. laying bare several noticeable differences.
They noticed a mismatch in the batch printing method, which was different from the one used on authentic Gedeon Richter products.
They also found that the Patient Information Leaflet contained several printing and typographical errors that could easily be identified as fake.
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