Unauthorized vaccines valued At 150,000 used seized and destroyed
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Christabel Mutale Illiamupu
Christabel Mutale Illiamupu (Mrs)
Communication Specialist/Researcher/Consulta
Lusaka, Tuesday 31st August, 2021
THE Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) has seized and destroyed a consignment of suspected COVID-19 vaccines named Hayat-Vax [SARS-COV-2 Vaccine] (Vero Cell), inactivated, valued at 150,000 United States Dollars (USD) equivalent to 10,000 thousand doses. This was necessitated due to the following reasons:
1. The vaccine is not registered or authorised by ZAMRA for use on the Zambian market;
2. The vaccine is not listed under the World Health Organization Emergency Use Listing procedure;
3. The importer did not have a pharmaceutical licence to sell, store, distribute or supply; and
4. The importer did not have an import permit to authorize importation.
Based on the invoice, the suspected COVID-19 vaccines were imported by Chrismar Earthmoving Equipment and are purported to have been manufactured by Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries in the United Arab Emirates (Middle East.)
We wish to urge all those wishing to import medicines and allied substances for use on the Zambian market to ensure that the right processes and procedures are followed in accordance with the Medicines and Allied Substances Act No. 3 of 2013 in order to avoid stringent regulatory and legal action.
Mrs Christabel Mutale Illiamupu
Issued by
Christabel Mutale Iliamupu (Mrs.)
Senior Public Relations Officer
Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority
Tel:+260 211 220 429,Email:pharmacy@zamra.co.zm, Website: www.zamra.co.zm
Christabel Mutale Illiamupu (Mrs)
Communication Specialist/Researcher/Consultant
Lusaka/Zambia
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