NAFDAC Blacklist Indian Coy for Producing Fake Drug

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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has blacklisted Mars Remedies PVT Limited, India for the manufacture of falsified Ciprofloxacin Tablets BP 500mg

Director-General of  NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye said in a statement made available to Flowerbudnews in Abuja that the fake drugs were produced for Pinnacle Health Pharmaceutical Ltd of Nuru Oniwo Street, Surulere, Lagos.

Prof Adeyeye, who also announced a ban on all products of Mars Remedies PVT Limited Indian Company from importation into Nigeria, said the Nigerian accomplice company – Pinnacle Health had been delisted with immediat

Prof. Adeyeye declared that “in view of the unprofessional practice, the Agency states that all products manufactured by the Mars Remedies PVT LTD, 635, GIDC Estate Waghodia, Vadodara, Gujurat, India, will not be allowed into Nigeria with immediate effect,”.

In a letter dated October 9, 2020 addressed to the Managing Director of Mars Remedies PVT Limited, and titled; “Notice of blacklisting as a manufacturer of substandard and falsified medicines”, the Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola   Christianah Adeyeye, reiterated the Agency’s position of zero tolerance for substandard and falsified medicines preponderance in Nigeria in fulfillment of the regulatory obligation of safeguarding the health of the nation.

In violation of NAFDAC extant laws and regulations, the  company illegally manufactured different formulations of Ciprofloxacin tablets instead of the approved formulation for export to Nigeria.

According to Prof Adeyeye, the variation in the formulation   of the Ciprofloxacin 500mg tablets, which may impact on the product quality and shelf –life, was not approved by the Agency  before the changes were made.This constitutes a violation of the NAFDAC Act, noting with dismay that the company has displayed a flagrant disregard for compliance with

global standards necessary to assure the production of quality assured products. Therefore the company has been blacklisted accordingly.

The Director-General wishes to  warn all manufacturers and importers of medicines to adhere strictly to the conditions for which their products were registered by NAFDAC or face similar sanctions. Flowerbudnews

 

Biola Lawal