The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Tuesday alerted the public of the presence of counterfeit Artemether/Lumefantrine tablets circulating under the brand name Aflotin 20/120 in Nigeria. The agency said on its X handle that the counterfeit product was discovered and reported to the agency by the genuine manufacturer, Ajanta Pharma Limited, from Mumbai, India. …

The National Agency for Foods Drugs Administration and Control, on Saturday, destroyed counterfeit pharmaceutical and other products worth about N100 billion at Moniya dump sites in Ibadan, Oyo State. The Director General of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye, who performed the exercise at the dump sites in the Akinyele Local Government Area of the state, said the affected products include, Analgin, …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says over 11,000 shops have been sealed and 40 individuals arrested in its ongoing nationwide clampdown on fake and substandard medicines. NAFDAC’s director-general, Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed to journalists in Lagos on Saturday that the enforcement was planned over a year as covert operations. NAFDAC, on 10 February, commenced enforcement …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed seized substandard, falsified, and expired products worth N1.367 billion. During the exercise yesterday in Abuja, the agency’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said the destruction was a part of the NAFDAC’s commitment to ensuring public health safety and eliminating dangerous products from Nigeria’s supply chain. The items, seized …

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted healthcare providers and the public about a suspected counterfeit batch of Phesgo 600mg/600mg/10ml injection, labelled with batch number C5290S20. According to NAFDAC, the counterfeit product was flagged after a complaint from a doctor at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). This was contained in a statement NAFDAC …

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned that there are substandard and falsified antimalarials, antibiotics, antihypertensives, anti-diabetic agents and lifestyle drugs in circulation. The agency stated this during a community sensitization workshop for stakeholders on standard and falsified medicines in Nigeria, held in Kaduna yesterday. Speaking during the workshop, Director North West Zone of the …