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Medicines Control Agency launches clampdown on illegal medicine sellers
The Gambia’s Medical Control Agency (MCA) has launched a clampdown on “illegal medicines operators” in the country. Officials from the agency supported by the Gambia Police Force carried out raids in the Greater Banjul Area. “In the execution of its mandate, the MCA with the support of the Gambia Police Force has been conducting raids on …
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MCA Warns Private Hospitals, Others To Desist From Peddling Covid-19 Test Kits
The Gambia Medicines Control Agency in close collaboration with the Pharmacy Council has issued a stern warning to private hospitals and clinics as well as pharmacies and drugstore to desist from venturing into ‘unauthorised importation, distribution, storage, sale and use of Covid-19 test kits or diagnostic pharmacies.’ The agency’s warning comes amid high rise in coronavirus …
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Medicine Control Agency Wins NQA
The Medicines Control Agency (MCA) were awarded as the winner of the Diamond Category of the National Quality Awards (NQA level 4) at an award ceremony held on Friday 14th December 2019 at the Senegambia Beach Hotel in recognition of the Agency’s excellent ISO 9001 Quality Management System (QMS). The National Quality Award is organized …
Agency warns against selling of fake medicines
The Executive Director of the Gambia’s Medicine Control Agency, (MCA) Markieu Janneh Kaira has warned against the selling and use of fake medicines. She was warning persons involved in the “devious selling of fake medicines” to desist from such, saying anyone found wanting will face the full force of the law. Janneh made the remarks …