The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has called for a synergy between the Nigeria and India pharmaceutical sector with a view to providing unhindered access to medicines that are safe, efficacious, affordable and of required quality. At the India-Nigeria Pharmaceuticals and Health Industry forum in Lagos last Thursday, NAFDAC’s Director General, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye noted …

The partnership between the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFADC) and the University of Medical Sciences (UniMed), Ondo, Ondo State will formalise collaboration between the two institutions and commit them to working closely together in training, capacity building, institutional building, applied research and community-based projects. At the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding between both …

Major players in the nation’s pharmaceutical industry under the aegis of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Group of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (PMG-MAN) have pledged to collaborate with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in its renewed efforts to attain the Maturity Level 4 status of the World Health Organisation (WHO). This will launch Nigeria into the …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has vowed to confront the menace of substandard and falsified medicines in the country through the implementation of pharmaceutical traceability strategy with a view to safeguarding the health of the Nigerian populace. At the Traceability workshop in Port Harcourt, Rivers State recently organised by NAFDAC to finalise the draft …

The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye has advised Nigerians against subjecting themselves to long-hour fasting, saying it was risky to their kidneys. Adeyeye, who attributed the high rate of kidney problems in Nigeria to prolonged fasting by some religious adherents, said that those concerned must moderate the act. …

The Africa Region of the International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has nominated the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration Control (NAFDAC), Prof Mojisola Adeyeye for this year’s IHRC New-Year Honours Award of Africa’s Mother of Pure Food and Drugs. IHRC also commended Adeyeye for ensuring quality drugs, foods, and other consumables for a healthy Nigerian population. …

Operators in the manufacturing, power, and digital industries may face harsher rules in this year for the benefit of consumers. According to the Vice Chairman/CEO of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission FCCPC), Mr Babatunde Irukera, there would also be increased collaboration, particularly with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, …

Only a strong regulatory system will guarantee and accelerate the development, approval, and access of safe and effective quality therapeutic medicines and vaccines in low, medium income countries of the world, the Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye has said. Adeyeye made the assertion while speaking at the hybrid University of …

President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye as the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Adeyeye’s renewed term of five years took effect from 1st December. Upon the expiration of Adeyeye’s first tenure on 3rd November, the agency’s Director of Registration and Regulation Affairs, Dr Monica Eimunjeze served as the acting Director-General. …

The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye has debunked claims that children in Nigeria were being administered with a vaccine that contains 40 percent mercury. The vaccine was said to have been prescribed by a foreign organisation. A statement by the NAFDAC DG reads: “It has come to our …