E-drug: expired drugs (cont)
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As far as I am concerned you can all keep your expired drugs and
destroy them in compliance with your environmental law.
I don't want this junk, I will not prescribe it and if I get some
more I will return it at sender's cost.
[...]
Refering to the principle 'maximum benefit to the recipient' of the
guidelines for drug donations the recipient organisation should never have
any costs in this respect. Good Donation Practices also means professional
donation practices. One can seriously consider whether buying (essential)
generic drugs at the non-profit wholesaler is not cheaper than
professionally collecting (returned) drugs. I know of at least three NGOs
in the Netherlands, Spain and Germany who considered these economical
arguments
as being very important in their decision to stop donating drugs.
This is a very good argument besides the point that nobody has the time
and energy to inspect expired stuff.
el
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