•Fake drugs A long-running struggle in Nigeria against fake medicines has become even harder because widespread economic hardship is driving up demand, experts say. The scale of the problem was highlighted in March when authorities set ablaze $645 million worth of counterfeit medicines seized in six weeks of raids in Lagos and two southern sta...
The personnel of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) today raided the popular Ekumi Plaza in Ariaria International Market, Aba, uncovering contraband, fake, and unregistered medicines worth millions of naira. NAFDAC aims to reduce substandard and falsified medicines to not more than 5% prevalence in Nigeria b...
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