Overview
- Digemid and regional health directorates, which inspected 2,272 pharmacies Monday, ordered the closure of 666 outlets for selling expired, falsified, adulterated or unregistered medicines and for operating without required permits or qualified staff.
- The intelligence-led sweeps were carried out in coordination with Diresas, Geresas, Diris units and in many cases supported by the Policía Nacional and local governments to secure inspections and enforce closures.
- Officials reported specific results in Lima including four closures in Villa El Salvador, four informal boticas shut in Lurigancho‑Chosica and at least one closure in Lima Norte during the same round of actions.
- Peruvian rules require a sanitary authorization and a licensed chemical pharmacist to operate a pharmacy, and authorities warned that outlets lacking those controls can put patients at risk by selling unsafe or ineffective products.
- The Ministry of Health said fiscalization will continue as a permanent effort, that the Ministerio Público has participated in related diligences, and it urged consumers to buy medicines only from authorized pharmacies to avoid health hazards.