E-DRUG: NAFDAC - drug controls in Nigeria
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To contribute to your network of information, I have written an article that
may interest your audience. It is titled:
"NAFDAC: Sustaining Grip On The Campaign Against the Production,
Importation, Exportation, Advertisement, and Distribution of Fake and
Adulterated Food and Drug Products in Nigeria".
NAFDAC is the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control.
I am a pharmacist, a drug regulatory affairs specialist, and a health policy
analyst.
Here is the summary of my paper:
The Nigerian pharmaceutical industry has over the years experienced gross
importation and distribution of fake and adulterated drug products. The
country�s public health was obviously impacted upon by this practice, which
equally robbed the society the benefit of collaboration with foreign
pharmaceutical companies. These companies deserted Nigeria at the height of
this impropriety presumably to avoid competition and to safeguard their
integrity in the pharmaceutical business. The National Agency for Food and
Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), in the last three to four years
has vigorously tackled this problem and has achieved significant progress.
The agency and its affiliates have been applauded and are encouraged to
remain undaunted in sustaining this progress and in ensuring that
distribution of safe and effective pharmaceutical products in Nigeria
becomes an intrinsic culture of the industry.
Thanks.
Victor Oparah
O. Victor Oparah, R.Ph., M.S.
Consultant
VOC International Group
P.O. Box 52314
Boston, MA 02205
voparah@excite.com
[The full text (13 pages) is available from Victor on request - send an
email to voparah@excite.com; WB]
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