PPB Pharmacist Pre-registration Exam case studies
PPB Pharmacist Pre-registration Exam · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) of Kenya is the statutory body whose website lists, under the heading "Students", the entries Exams, Licensing, and Registration and Enrollment. Candidates preparing for the PPB pharmacist pre-registration examination are therefore dealing with a regulator-run assessment that sits between graduation and licensed practice: it is the gate a pharmacy graduate passes through before registration and, subsequently, practice licensing. The PPB Pharmacist Pre-registration Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 2,902 words.
1Abridged Review of a Generic Chewable Tablet: What to Query and What to Refuse
Ms Amina is a regulatory affairs officer at a Nairobi manufacturer. She submits an application to register Aldazil Plus 400, a chewable albendazole 400 mg tablet, as a generic of a well-established reference product.
747 words, about 4 min2Lapsed Premises Registration, a Vacant Superintendent Post and Wholesale Dealing From the Back Room
A retail premises in Kisumu is registered as a pharmacy. Its annual retention fee was unpaid and its registration expired on 31 December; today is 27 January.
563 words, about 3 min3A Fridge Excursion, an Unreported SAE and a 'Minor' Paediatric Amendment
A Ugandan sponsor is running a Phase III trial of a malaria vaccine candidate at two Kenyan sites. The investigational product must be kept at 2-8°C.
554 words, about 3 min4Six Anaphylaxis Reports, One Batch and Visible Particulates
Over three weeks the pharmacist at a county referral hospital compiles six reports of anaphylaxis, two of them fatal, following intravenous ceftriaxone 1 g from batch CEF-2291 (expiry 08/2026). All six patients also received intramuscular diclofenac, and one has a documented penicillin allergy.
526 words, about 3 min5Out-of-Specification ORS: Retesting, Release and a Repeated Failure
A PPB-accredited quality control laboratory tests a batch of low-osmolarity oral rehydration salts (20.5 g sachets) from a local manufacturer. The sodium assay gives 82.5% of label claim against a 90.0-110.0% specification; chloride is also low.
512 words, about 3 min