NAFDAC intensifies crackdown on fake drug syndicates in three states

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has intensified its campaign against counterfeit medicines, uncovering massive warehouses of fake and expired drugs in Aba, Abia State; Onitsha, Anambra State; and Idumota, Lagos State. In a statement on Monday, the Director-General of the agency, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, declared that “enough is enough” as operatives carried out multiple raids, seizing 14 truckloads of substandard and falsified medicines. In Aba, Professor Adeyeye revealed that enforcement officers uncovered an illegal depot at 269 Faulks Road and another at Umumeje village, Osisioma Ngwa, where expired medicines were being repackaged and revalidated…

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