The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has introduced an online reporting system called Safety Watch System (SWS), to enable health workers to report on safety issues related to drugs, vaccines and other regulated products to the Authority. The SWS was also to complement the already existing system for reporting adverse events using the paper Adverse … Read more
National Football League teams violated federal laws on prescription drugs in peddling powerful painkillers and anti-inflammatories to players, according to sealed court documents from a federal lawsuit filed by former players, the Washington Post reported Friday. At issue is how NFL team doctors manage to keep players on the field while coping with the pain … Read more
Mr. Isaac Adupong, Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) has reminded health professionals that selling of expired or almost expired drugs to patients was illegal and criminal transgression. He said: “Pharmacies are to report any drug close to expiry to the Food and Drugs Authority. There is a procedure to … Read more
The Chamber of Pharmacists has blamed the Health ministry for the protracted industrial action by the Government Hospital Pharmacists Association (GHOSPA). Pharmacies in the various public hospitals have been locked up due to the strike which is mainly over enhanced conditions of service. The strike has left many patients in dire need of some prescription … Read more