Authorities have identified and seized 12 medicines that do not conform to health specifications in the Libyan drug market, the head of the Food and Drug Control Centre media department, Mohammed Al-Zayat, has confirmed.
Al-Zayat told the Arabi news website that counterfeit medicine is being sold in the domestic market on a large scale.
Another concern is that many medical supplies are flowing into the country out of legal supply chains.
The publisher quoted a Libyan pharmacist as saying that many medicines entering the country are not listed in the Health Ministry's register or the private-sector suppliers. "They are useless, but the control campaigns are continuing," the pharmacist said.
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