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E-DRUG: A 'WHITE LIST' FROM ZIMBABWE
The following items have been tested at the Zimbabwe Regional Drugs Control
Laboratory in Harare, and complied with BP specifications
Item Test done Supplier
Isoniazid tablets 100mg Assay for content Varichem,
Zimbabwe
Cotrimoxazole Suspension Full monograph Medopharma, India
Benzyl penicillin injection Assay for content Vysali, India
Sulphadoxine/pryrimethamine tabs Assay for content Pharmanova, Zimbabwe
Chloroquine syrup Assay for content CAPS,Zimbabwe
Pyrazinamide tabs 500mg Assay for content Strides,India
Rifampicin capsules 150mg Assay for content Lupin, India
Rifampicin capsules 150mg Assay for content Helm,Germany
Rifampicin suspension Assay for content Varichem, Zimbabwe
Paracetamol tabs 500mg Full monograph Medopharma, India
Quinine injection Assay for content Rotexmedica
Isoniazid tabs 100mg Full monograph Medopharma, India
We would be most interested to hear from other countries who have tested
products from other suppliers, especially combined TB drug products, and to
know
what tests you routinely ask for
What other information couldbe given to be of more use to other people
working
in procurement ?
Felicity Mayfield
Government Medical Stores
P.O.Box ST 23
Harare
Zimbabwe
Ph 263 4 621991/7
Fax 263 4 621315
[Moderators Comment This is the first list of White drugs circulated on
E-DRUG. Is it useful? I think we will also need to have dates when the
assays were done. Also, are QC results useful without information on
performance? Richard Laing Co-Moderator]
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