NAFDAC blacklists Indian company for drug falsification

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has blacklisted an Indian company for allegedly manufacturing fake drugs for a pharmaceutical company in Lagos.

According to NAFDAC, the company illegally manufactured variations of ciprofloxacin tablets, instead of the approved formulation for export to Nigeria.

This was made public by the Director-General of NAFDAC, Moji Adeyeye, in a statement released on Monday. Adeyeye said that NAFDAC had forthwith banned the importation of all drugs manufactured by the Indian company.

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She said, “NAFDAC has blacklisted Mars Remedies PVT Limited, India, for the manufacture of falsified ciprofloxacin tablets BP 500mg (NAFDAC REG. NO C4-0498) for Pinnacle Health Pharmaceutical Ltd, Surulere, Lagos.

“In view of the unprofessional practice, all products manufactured by Mars Remedies PVT LTD will not be allowed into Nigeria with immediate effect.”

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Also, in a letter dated October 9, 2020 addressed to the Managing Director of Mars Remedies PVT Limited, and entitled, ‘Notice of blacklisting as a manufacturer of substandard and falsified medicines’, 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.”

Adeyeye added that the variation in the formulation of the ciprofloxacin 500mg tablets, which may impact on the quality and shelf-life, was not approved by NAFDAC before the changes were made.

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