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(From Philippine Daily Inquirer)
THE BUREAU of Food and Drugs defines the expiry date of a medicine as the date after which the drug "is not expected to retain its claimed safety, efficacy and quality or potency or after which it is not permissible to sell, distribute or use the product."
In a 2000 advisory, the BFAD said there was no guarantee that expired drugs could still be safe and effective, belying what it called "a misguided notion that a drug is still ...