Conflicted MCA Shuts Down Innovarx Global Health
The Gambia’s Medicines Control Agency shut down one of The Gambia’s prominent pharmaceutical companies Innovarx Global Health on 2nd February 2024.
AKI: Conflicted MCA Officer Acted as Supervising Pharmacist for Atlantic Pharmacy
After months of sitting on the Acute Kidney Injury Investigation Report, the Ministry of Health finally published the report which culminated in the firing of the Medicines Control Agency Executive Director and the Deputy Executive Director last Friday 21st July 2023. However, they are not the only MCA Staff exposed in the report for serious conflict of interest.
AKI: Bereaved Parents Insist Children Died From Tainted Cough Syrups and Not Contaminated Water
Bereaved parents of Acute Kidney Injuries submitted a position paper before the Parliament’s select committee on Health, Disaster, Humanitarian Relief, and Refugees on 9th November 2022 debunking a statement from the Medicine Control Agency (MCA) claiming that AKI victims died due to contaminated water.
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