The National Agency
for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians on
the circulation of fake chloroquine phosphate 250mg tablets.
This was made known
in a statement issued by the Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola
Adeyeye.
She said NAFDAC was
notified by the World Health Organisation of the circulation of the tablets in
Cameroon.
“The falsified
chloroquine phosphate 250mg tablets were manufactured by Jiangsu pharmaceutical
Inc, Astral pharmaceutical New Bhupalpura, China.
“The tablets
manufactured by these companies have no Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API)
and are in packs of 1000 tablets.
“The use of the
falsified chloroquine phosphate 250mg tablets may result in treatment failure
and could even cause death,” she warned.
Adeyeye warned that
the labelling information on the falsified chloroquine phosphate 250mg tablets
manufactured by Jiangsu pharmaceutical Inc, China is labelled with fake NAFDAC
No: 028060.
She urged anyone in
possession of the falsified chloroquine to submit it to the nearest NAFDAC
office and advised consumers to report adverse events related to the use of the
medicines to the agency.
“The Astral
pharmaceuticals, New Bhupalpura, China is labelled with fake NAFDAC
registration No. 0587612 and advised the general public to be aware of this
drug.
“All importers,
wholesalers and retailers are hereby cautioned to desist from illegal
importation, distribution and sale of falsified chloroquine phosphate 250mg
tablets.
“NAFDAC has
strengthened its surveillance in all ports of entry to prevent illegal
importation of the falsified chloroquine phosphate 250mg tablets.”
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