NAFDAC aims to reduce fake drugs in circulation to zero — ADEYEYE vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
By Chioma Obinna & Gabriel OlawaleAgency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC has said a total of 17 percent of medicines in circulation in the country are fake. A previous report claimed the amount was 70 percent.
“One of the focus and priority areas of my administration is reducing substandard and falsified drugs through emphasis on local manufacturing. Promotion of local manufacturing has been on my priority list.” “NAFDAC wishes to inform members of the public, especially health care providers, policy makers and development partners to disregard an online publication at that 70 per cent of all drugs in Nigerian markets are fake, she added…
“A study of Counterfeit and Substandard Medicines in Nigeria conducted by NAFDAC in collaboration with WHO and DFID in 2005 revealed that counterfeit medicines stood at 16.7 per cent in 2005.
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