Five Plus Five-Year Validity (Migration* to Local Production**)
To enhance local production of pharmaceuticals in Nigeria, the Five Plus Five-Year Validity has been reviewed. The following steps will be taken to enforce the policy: Step 1: At the point of first product registration, companies will be given a statement that foreign manufacturers will be required to either form partnerships with Nigerian companies or/and […]
Public Alert No. 0009/2019 – Alert on Falsified Hydrochlorothiazide 50mg (Containing Glibenclamide) Circulating in Cameroon
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) alerts the public, especially the health care providers on the circulation of confirmed falsified Hydrochlorothiazide 50mg tablets in Cameroon. The falsified product has been found to contain Glibenclamide instead of Hydrochlorothiazide. In March 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) was informed by a nongovernmental […]
