NAFDAC Debunks Claim That 70 Per Cent Of Drugs In Nigeria Are Fake.
The Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control , Professor Moji AdeyeyeThe National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has debunked claims by a report suggesting that 70 per cent of medicines in Nigeria are fake.
“This is categorically untrue and grossly inaccurate.
“Another survey on the quality of medicines was conducted in Lagos State in May 2012 using the Truscan® device. “The samples of antimalarial medicines for Round Three of the survey were procured between February and March 2017. The report of Round 3 survey presented to stakeholders on 12th December 2017 revealed that 883 out of 897 samples of antimalarial medicines passed quality tests while 14 samples failed.
“One of the focus and priority areas of my administration is reducing substandard and falsified drugs through an emphasis on local manufacturing. Promotion of local manufacturing has been on my priority list. This is to reverse the trend of 30% locally manufactured drug products toward 70%.
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