fake drugs

The Lagos State Government said it has sealed 24 pharmacies and patent medicine stores in various parts of the state for illegal operation and operating beyond scope of pharmaceutical practice.Prof Akin Abayomi, the state Commissioner…

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, expressed concern at the rising cases of the influx of fake and substandard drugs into the country from the nation's ports and borders.The House subsequently resolved to investigate the…

An end to chaotic drugs distribution in Nigeria is in sight as stakeholders have commenced work to actualize federal government’s policy initiative on establishing Coordinated Wholesale Centres across the country just as the National Agency…

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration Control  (NAFDAC) on Monday disclosed plans to conduct a new survey on the prevalence of substandard and falsified drugs in the country.This is even as it warned against the purchase…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted the Nigerians, especially health care providers, on the circulation of fake meningitis vaccines circulating in the Niger Republic.According to a press…

THE Federal Government, on Tuesday, said Nigeria would continue to be battling with the menace of fake drugs until the country begins local production through the pharmaceutical companies.Minister of Science and…

The Chairman Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Borno state, Dr Jamilu Muazu has said that his members on routine inspection to hunt down fake drugs have been threatened with guns in Maiduguri.The chairman also a Don in the…

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said it has confiscated counterfeit and unregistered products estimated over N200 million across the nation.The fake products, including a cloned herbal…

The acting Director General of NAFDAC, Mrs Yetunde Oni, has urged indigenous pharmaceutical companies in Nigeria to uphold best practices in their productions to avoid wrath of the agency.Speaking during a visit on management of Peace…