Nghe An Department of Health warns against buying and using fake antibiotics

On April 10, Nghe An Department of Health issued Official Letter No. 733/SYT-QLD requesting medical examination and treatment units, pharmaceutical business units, and private pharmacies in the province not to trade or use fake medicine called Zinnat 500mg Film Tablet. This is a fake medicine that has been discovered by the Department of Drug Administration - Ministry of Health.

Official dispatch of Nghe An Department of Health sent to medical examination and treatment units and pharmacies. Photo: Thanh Chung

Identification features of counterfeit medicine named Zinnat 500mg Film Tablet, on the label printed "Sefuroksim aksetil 20 film tablet", GP number: 14209/QLD-KD dated August 30, 2013, Parti no: C763039, Sonkul. Ta: 01-2019; on the secondary label, the fake name is: manufacturer Glaxo Operatione UK Ltd-UK; importer Armephaco Joint Stock Company (Address: 118 Vu Xuan Thieu, Phuc Loi, Long Bien District, Hanoi).

Nghe An Department of Health requires all medical examination and treatment units and drug trading establishments to inspect their facilities and if they detect counterfeit Zinnat 500mg Film Tablet with the above-mentioned identifying signs, they must stop buying and selling, seal it and report to the Inspection Department or the Drug Management Department - Nghe An Department of Health.

Zinat counterfeit medicine.

Zinnat is considered an antibiotic that can treat infections, widely used in the medical industry, specifically infections of the skin and soft tissue, upper respiratory tract and ear, nose and throat, urinary tract...