Last Wednesday was our Continuing Education (CE) Lecture and the topic was about "Counterfeit Drugs." We had as our lecturer the Chief of the Regulation I Division of the Bureau of Food and Drugs, Mrs. Nazarita T. Lanuza. She was very accommodating in answering our questions after the lecture that she encouraged us to ask more questions even if these were not related to the topic anymore.

I was given the chance to ask several questions and because we were already going over time, I finally asked if we can report or complain to her e-mail address that was on the last slide of her lecture. She smiled and told us that it was purposely included in the lecture to encourage us to report or complain directly to her office. She even gave us her mobile phone number.

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pinoypharmacist's note: To anyone who would like to report drug establishments and outlets selling counterfeit drugs or are violating existing pharmacy laws, you can e-mail Mrs. Lanuza at ntlanuza@bfad.gov.ph or you can call or text her at (0918) 6980842.