The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media
Under the National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act, No. 5 of 2015, the Minister stated that manufacturing, selling, prescribing, or using medicines without NMRA registration is illegal. He said complaints made to the NMRA or CID, including Hon. Mujibur Rahuman’s complaint, are being investigated through ongoing multi-agency processes, and action will be taken where offences are found.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Under the National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act, No. 5 of 2015, manufacture, sale or use of medicines without NMRA registration is illegal. Complaints to NMRA or CID are investigated. I am aware of Hon. Mujibur Rahuman’s complaint; multi-agency investigations are ongoing. Prescribing or selling unregistered medicines is illegal, and action is taken accordingly.
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- Hansard, Thursday, 19 February 2026 ·No. 23328 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 February 2026. No. 23328. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/30263