The Dong Nai Pharmacy Joint-Stock Company (Dona-pharm) will be fined VND10 million (US$512) and may be shut down for six to 12 months for selling expired drugs, province authorities have said.
The Dong Nai Pharmacy Joint-Stock Company (Dona-pharm) will be fined VND10 million (US$512) and may be shut down for six to 12 months for selling expired drugs, province authorities have said.
Tu Thanh Chuong, the provinces health department director, said it would carefully consider a decision on suspending operations because the companys 155 employees could be adversely affected.
In September 2009 and February of this year, Donapharm changed the packaging of two drugs used to treat respiratory symptoms, Bisinthvon 8mg and Salbutamol 2mg, and offered them for sale, according to the department.
A total of 150,647 tablets of the two types had been bought by consumers before agencies discovered the fraud in May.
(Source: VNS)
