The agency said that the product would be subjected to the normal procedure but that the process would be fast-tracked.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has promised to fast-track the laboratory examination of the herbal drug from Madagascar to fight Coronavirus, a report by Sunday PUNCH has said.
He said, “When the drug arrives, it will go to the Minister of Health who will in turn hand it over to NAFDAC through the PTF. It is after that we would start our laboratory examination. It will be subjected to the normal procedure. “Unlike the orthodox medicine, with the herbal medicine, it is given linctus status, it is not given full registration and that means it has a life span of two years, unlike normal drug that has a life span of five years.
When asked how long it could take for the laboratory examination to be concluded, he said the normal procedure was three months but that given the situation at hand, the process would be prioritised without compromising the efficiency of the process.
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