NAFDAC alerts Nigerians on circulation of counterfeit Aflotin drugs

NAN

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) connected Tuesday alerted the nationalist of the beingness of counterfeit Artemether/Lumefantrine tablets circulating nether the marque sanction Aflotin 20/120 successful Nigeria.

The bureau said connected its twitter grip that the counterfeit merchandise was discovered and reported to the Agency by the genuine manufacturer, Ajanta Pharma Limited from Mumbai, India,

According to NAFDAC, Ajanta Pharma observed that it manufactured the counterfeited merchandise with batch fig PA2128L successful December 2018, with an expiry day of November 2020.

It said the batch was created for Combisunate 20/120 (Artemether 20mg/Lumefantrine 120mg Tablets), with a battalion size of 30 x 24 tablets, but had present been counterfeited and was being sold arsenic Aflotin 20/120mg with a battalion size of 1 x 18 tablets.

READ ALSO:Explainer: What truly happened with CBEX successful Nigeria

It added that the overprinted substance did not lucifer Ajanta’s overprinting style.

The bureau said the institution had confirmed that the Aflotin 20/120mg with Batch No: PA2128L disposable successful the Nigerian marketplace was a counterfeit, arsenic determined by the probe carried retired and observations made connected the product.

“The genuine Aflotin 20/120 tablet is simply a operation of Artemether/Lumefantrine (20mg/120mg) and is chiefly utilized for the attraction of uncomplicated malaria caused by the Plasmodium falciparum parasite,” it said.

The regulatory bureau emphasised that counterfeit medicines endanger people’s wellness due to the fact that they bash not comply with regulatory standards, which meant the safety, quality, and efficacy of these products are not ensured.

“The usage of counterfeit medicines often neglect to dainty diseases oregon conditions effectively, starring to superior wellness consequences, including death,” NAFDAC said.

READ ALSO:Lagos Assembly seeks enforcement of tenancy instrumentality amid soaring rents

It said each NAFDAC zonal directors and authorities coordinators had been informed and directed to behaviour surveillance and region immoderate counterfeit products recovered wrong their zones and states.

NAFDAC besides advised distributors, retailers, healthcare professionals, and caregivers to workout caution and vigilance wrong the proviso concatenation to debar the distribution, sale, and usage of counterfeit products.

It advised that each aesculapian products indispensable beryllium obtained from authorized/licensed suppliers.