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For­mer Fi­nance min­is­ter Colm Im­bert says the Gov­ern­ment must ex­am­ine the dis­pos­al of an es­ti­mat­ed $80 mil­lion in ex­pired phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals.

In June, it was re­vealed that the Na­tion­al In­sur­ance Prop­er­ty De­vel­op­ment Com­pa­ny (NIPDEC) dis­posed of these items be­tween 2020 and 2025.

This fol­lows Health Min­is­ter Dr Lack­ram Bo­doe’s re­quest for a re­port from NIPDEC out­lin­ing the val­ue of phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal and non-phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal items dis­card­ed dur­ing the same pe­ri­od.