Fake drugs: NAFDAC storms Zamfara pharmacy stores

IN its efforts to put an end to the marketing of fake drugs in pharmacy stores and chemists, the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Thursday, stormed about 60 shops in Zamfara, in its ongoing nationwide campaign.

Addressing journalists after the inspection, the deputy director, Port Inspectorate of the agency, Mr Samuel Adefolarin Adeleke, said Zamfara State was the 29th state his team had visited.

According to him, the exercise was the brain child of the Director-General of the agency, Dr Paul Orhii, in an effort to discourage chemist stores from selling fake drugs to members of the public.

He said in a bid to achieve this aim, Truscan machines were employed in the identification of fake drugs.

He disclosed that from their findings, most of the fake drugs discovered were anti-malaria drugs, like Fansidar, Quatem and Artesunate, adding that some banned Commenting further, he averred that the drug market in the state was good, compared to other states, stressing that with the effort put in place by NAFDAC, only five per cent of drugs found in most stores were fake.


Source:tribune