Court Jails Graduate Five Years For Manufacturing Fake Drugs
, A 35 year-old fake drugs manufacturer, Osita Paul Ely has been sentenced to five years imprisonment without option of fine by a Federal High Court sitting in Asaba Delta State. Eli had been standing trail since October 2015 for manufacturing, distribution and sale of fake drugs and other related act in Asaba. He […]
Restricting Use Of Codeine And Tramadol In Children, Recommending Against Use In Breastfeeding Women
The Agency have been notified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of its restriction of codeine and tramadol medicines use in children younger than 12 years. Codeine is approved to treat pain and cough, and tramadol is approved to treat pain. These medicines have been found to be capable of posing serious health risks […]
Restricting Use Of Codeine And Tramadol In Children, Recommending Against Use In Breastfeeding Women
The Agency have been notified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of its restriction of codeine and tramadol medicines use in children younger than 12 years. Codeine is approved to treat pain and cough, and tramadol is approved to treat pain. These medicines have been found to be capable of posing serious health risks […]
Basics of Biostatistics in Evidence-Driven Regulatory Decision Making
Fundamentals of Biostatistics in Evidence-Driven Regulatory Decision Making came up partly as an off-shoot of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control mentorship with Health Canada; and on the other hand as part of the Director General’s vision for NAFDAC to constantly ensure an Evidence-Driven Regulatory Decision Making. This Biostatistics workshop came […]
US, EU And Others Congratulate Nigeria Over Orhii’s Chairmanship Of World Anti-counterfeiting Mechanism
The over 193 Member-Nations of the World Health Organisation’s newly created Mechanism for the international fight against spurious, substandard, and counterfeit medicines have congratulated Nigeria for the selection of the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dr. Paul Orhii as the first substantive Chair of the Member […]
NAFDAC DG Issues Disclaimer for FACEBOOK!
The Director – General of NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii has raised alarm over the activities of internet fraudsters who have established a facebook account in his name with the aim of duping unsuspecting Nigerians.The fraudsters have put up a fake facebook account in the name of Dr. Paul Orhii requesting prospective contractors to pay the […]
Nigeria Appointed Chair of W.H.O. New Member State Mechanism
Against the backdrop of the global leadership of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in the fight against counterfeit drugs, Nigeria has been appointed Chair of the International Steering Committee of the new Member State Mechanism (MSM) for combating Substandard, Spurious, Falsely-Labeled, Falsified and Counterfeit (SSFFC) medical products. permanent Representative […]
NAFDAC/USP Collaborate on Road Map to Strengthen Medicine Quality
In what international experts on quality of medicine have described as a groundbreaking development, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), with the assistance of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have agreed to work on a road map that will act as […]
NAFDAC and Kano State Government jointly destroys N600m fake drugs
In a decisive move to rid the States of counterfeit drugs, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Kano State Government have jointly destroyed fake drugs worth N600million. The fake drugs were impounded by Kano State Government following a month long crackdown on various illegal and clandestine pharmaceutical outlets […]
Nigerian texters to take on the drug counterfeiters
Will Ross of BBC’s article online titled “Nigerian texters to take on the drug counterfeiters” caught my attention and I was compelled to quickly respond to save readers from the misinformation, falsehood and junk dished out by the Reporter. Ross’ write-up was supposedly based on interviews conducted with some stakeholders within the pharmaceutical industry, especially […]
