Lilongwe, Tuesday, 20^th August, 2024: The Pharmacy and Medicines Regulatory Authority (PMRA) wishes to inform stakeholders and the general public that it is aware of the article published in The Guardian newspaper of 4^th August, 2024, titled “Fifth of medicines in Africa may be sub-par or fake, research finds.” The article cites a study by researchers at Ethiopia’s Bahir Dar University, which suggests that Malawi has one of the highest prevalence of substandard and falsified medicines in Africa.

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