Covid-19: There are too many fake drugs in Nigeria – NAFDAC
The ddirector of NAFDAC Prof. Moji Adeyeye is lamenting over the fake Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine in circulation across in Nigeria.
Speaking during a webinar in Lagos State on Wednesday, Adeyeye also disclosed that fake face masks and hand sanitizers were in circulation.
She explained that this was discovered during post-marketing surveillance of COVID-19 medical products.
The NAFDAC boss said: “Post-marketing surveillance is part and parcel of NAFDAC. We stepped it up because we knew that companies were changing formula and formulations for us.
We see falsified Chloroquine without any active ingredients in it. Of course, we also have had fake sanitizers and masks, which we have to deal with regulatory-wise.
“Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine are some of the therapeutics that Nigeria is using for clinical trial treatment only. We started with Chloroquine and then Hydroxychloroquine came in.”
Recall that the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON, had last month urged Nigerians to be wary of substandard hand sanitisers.
