MCAZ ISSUES AN ALERT OVER FALSIFIED RABIES VACCINE

 

By Lastword Musekiwa

The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has issued an alert regarding a falsified ABHAYRAB Rabies vaccine circulating in the market through unauthorized sources.
In a statement today MCAZ Director-General Richard Rukwata said the counterfeit vaccine poses a big threat to public health due to its potential lack of efficacy, harmful components, and risk of treatment failure in preventing rabies, a fatal disease.


Rukwata said MCAZ has identified the falsified vaccine as “RABIES VACCINE, HUMAN I.P.” or “RABIES VACCINE B.P. ‘Rab'”, with a stated manufacturer of Human Biologicals Institute (A division of Indian Immunologicals Limited) and an incorrect address.
He advised all licensed wholesalers, pharmacies, public and private clinics, and hospitals to quarantine any units of the falsified vaccine and submit them for disposal.

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