The Pharmaceuticals and Foods Control Authority (PFCA) seized a shipment of expired drugs at Juba International Airport on Thursday manufactured by the banned India-based Flamingo Company.
PFCA Director General Peter Aguek told Al Maugif newspaper that the Flamingo Company was banned two years ago from importing medicine to South Sudan because it had brought in fake and expired drugs.
Aguek said they will also sue the Kim Lab Company (KLC) which imported the drugs despite knowing their danger.
He said they will confiscate KLC’s license immediately and shut down the company, and warned other pharmaceutical firms against importing fake or expired drugs.
Aguek called upon all pharmaceutical companies in Juba to report any medicine labeled with the Flamingo Company name.
The Director of the Pharmaceutical Department at Juba Airport Maper Dut said they seized the drugs when they discovered they came from the Flamingo Company.