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In June, Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDFAC) said it detected a large consignment of anti-malaria drugs from China, with the label ‘Made in India’, being sold in the country.
Following the seizure of fake drugs, the Director-General of NAFDFAC, Paul Orhii travelled to India, where he got an assurance that drugs and other products moving out of the country would be thoroughly checked.
“It was an unfortunate incident, but it has opened up a lot of opportunities in fight against counterfeits, with the Indian government involved as it has interests in the issue,” Mr. Orhii said.
“The packaging was very sophisticated and looked genuine.
But after laboratory analysis we found there were no active ingredients. If it had remained undetected, it could have created resistant strains of malaria.”