Get clean for three months

Drug laws and regulations stipulate that drugs are prohibited from being sold within 3 months from the date of expiration. General drugs are prohibited from being sold within 3 months of validity, even if they exceed 3 months of validity. Drugs that expire within three months will not be removed from the shelves. There is no explicit provision in the country, but hospitals adopt strict management to ensure the safety of drugs, so many hospitals do not deal in drugs that expire within three months. Drugs are special commodities, and promotion is not allowed.

General drugs are prohibited from being sold within 3 months from the expiration date. The term of validity of drugs refers to the period during which the quality of drugs can be maintained under certain storage conditions, and pharmaceutical trading enterprises shall strictly implement this specification. Pharmaceutical production enterprises selling drugs and other drugs involved in storage and transportation in the process of drug circulation shall also meet the relevant requirements of this specification. Inferior drugs are drugs other than counterfeit drugs that do not meet the drug standards. Inferior drugs can not only cure diseases, but may delay the illness and endanger personal safety. Therefore, the law prohibits the production and sale of counterfeit drugs and inferior drugs.

Legal basis:

Article 49 of the Drug Administration Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) prohibits the production and sale of inferior drugs. If the content of drug ingredients does not meet the national drug standards, it is inferior. Drugs under any of the following circumstances shall be treated as inferior drugs:

(1) Failure to indicate the validity period or change the validity period;

(two) the production batch number is not marked or changed;

(three) beyond the validity period;

(4) The packaging materials and containers that come into direct contact with drugs are not approved;

(5) Adding colorants, preservatives, spices, correctants and auxiliary materials without authorization;

Others do not meet the requirements of drug standards.

"Drug Administration Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)" Article 49 Drug packaging shall be printed or labeled with instructions in accordance with regulations.

Labels or instructions shall indicate the general name, ingredients, specifications, marketing license holders and their addresses, manufacturers and their addresses, approval number, product batch number, production date, expiration date, indications or functional indications, usage, dosage, contraindications, adverse reactions and precautions. The words in the labels and instructions should be clear, and the production date, expiration date and other matters should be clearly marked and easy to identify.

The labels and instructions of narcotic drugs, psychotropic drugs, toxic drugs for medical use, radioactive drugs, drugs for external use and over-the-counter drugs shall bear the prescribed marks.