Thursday 10 June 2021

Drug Expiry Debate: An Approach to Myth and Reality | Chapter 1 | Highlights on Medicine and Medical Science Vol. 2

 Hospitals, nursing homes, retail pharmacies, and consumers all throw away drugs, with hospitals alone throwing away over $800 million in drugs each year. If we can modify it to work around it, it will be beneficial to the African and Asian continents, particularly in the peripheral outreach health centres in Africa where medicine availability and storage are a challenge. The cost implications of these studies are staggering, with one dollar spent to demonstrate longer-than-labeled drug stability translating to $94 saved on repurchasing these products.

Author(s) Details

Dan Gikonyo
Department of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery, The Karen Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.

Anthony Gikonyo
Department of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery, The Karen Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.

Duncan Luvayo
Department of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery, The Karen Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.

Premanand Ponoth
Department of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery, The Karen Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.

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