Pharmacist sold medicine two years out of date

A PHARMACIST was brought before a fitness to practise inquiry after his pharmacy sold a cough medicine that was two years out of date.

Anne-Marie Grant of Suncroft Drive, Tallaght, Dublin, bought a bottle of Benylin Dual Action Dry Syrup on October 24, 2009, from Jobstown Pharmacy in Tallaght.

The inquiry by the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland’s (PSI) professional conduct committee was the first to be held under the 2007 Pharmacy Act.