National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has vowed to confront falsified medicines in the country with the implementation of a pharmaceutical traceability strategy.
This was disclosed by the Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, at the Traceability Workshop in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.Information Guide Nigeria
The event which was organised by NAFDAC, was aimed at finalising the draft Traceability of Pharmaceutical Products Regulations in the country.
In a statement by NAFDAC’s Resident Media Consultant in Lagos, Sayo Akintola said the duty of safeguarding the health of the nation is daunting in the face of chaotic drug distribution system currently existing in Nigeria.
She said the consideration of these consequences vis-à-vis the mandate of the agency to regulate and control distribution of drugs and other regulated products is sufficient motivation to implement pharmaceutical traceability, to complement fight against the menace of substandard and falsified medicines and improve regulatory control of medicines supply chain in Nigeria.NYSC portal
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Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye explained that NAFDAC is committed to implementation of pharmaceutical traceability in the country.
She revealed that NAFDAC has developed a Five-Year Traceability Implementation plan, in line with objectives of the Nigeria Pharmaceutical Traceability Strategy.JAMB Result
This will help to achieve supply chain visibility and strengthen interventions against the scourge of substandard and falsified medicines.
She noted that development, gazetting, and dissemination of the Traceability of Pharmaceutical Products Regulations are essential for the enforcement of provisions of the Nigeria Pharmaceutical Traceability Strategy.
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