Govt plans to stop chemists from forcing people to buy entire medicine strips

Chemists say giving away a few pills from a blister pack gives rise to the problem of the remaining portion of the pack not having the batch number, manufacturing and expiration date. To fix this problem, the ministry has recommended modifying the packaging of medicines and having easy-to-remove sections in the blister packs marked with perforations, with each bearing the expiry date and other essential information.