Cofepris detects irregular drug distributors

The Federal Commission for the Protection against Health Riskss (Cofepris) added 10 companies to the list of irregular drug distributors, which are located in various entities in the country and which compromise the safety and quality of the medical supplies under their possession.

The health agency detailed that it carried out verification visits through the Health Operation Commission (COS)who detected that those who fail to comply with the regulation current health system:

Medenor Marketing Company, in Mexico City
Hima Promotions, in Veracruz
Gumal, in Yucatan
Vermarketer Teil VMS, in the State of Mexico
Pharmaceutical Products and Derivatives, in the State of Mexico
CMI Medication Marketer, in Guanajuato
Mexind Pharma, in the State of Mexico
Mape + Tzin, in the State of Mexico
María Alessandra Medical Supplies, in Tabasco
Solutions in High Specialty Hospital Diemex, in Monterrey

False address with school supplies

Health risks range from lack of operating notice issued by Cofepris, have non-existent addresses or that were not accessible to the verifiers, This situation prevented verifying the sanitary conditions, storage and distribution of medicines.

As if that were not enough, at another checkpoint, the inspectors could not enter because the The property’s security guard told them that the place was empty..

“It was detected that one of the distributors had canceled its notice of operation at the registered address, so you will need to reactivate it. Finally, it was found that, in one of the addresses indicated in the operating notice, the company could not be locatedin its place was a property dedicated to the marketing of school supplies.”

On March 26, Cofepris alerted the population about the theft of medicines from the Lia Farma company when the medicines were transferred to the Darovi Drugs warehouse.

“Stolen products pose a health risksince this regulatory body does not guarantee their safety, quality and effectiveness because their handling, transportation and storage conditions are unknown.”

The medications that were stolen are: