By Ola Kay
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has released the names of withdrawn, suspended and cancelled products in the country.
The agency declared this in a post via their website on Tuesday, informing the public that products are no longer permitted for manufacture, importation, exportation, distribution, advertisement, sale and use within Nigeria.
The product includes Artemether/Lumefantrine 40mg/240mg Tablets, Amaryl M SR Tablets, Abacavir Sulfate/Lamivudine Dispersible Tablets 60mg/30mg, Aprovasc 150mg/5mg tablets, ASAQ(Artesunate amodiaquine Winthrop) 100mg/270mg Tablets, Betopic Eye drop, Efavirenz 600mg Tablets and Flagyl Suspension.
Others are Iliadin Adult 0.05% Metered Nose Spray, Invanz 1g Injections and Invega (Paliperidone) 3mg extended release tablets.
NAFDAC explained that the certificate of registration of a product is said to be withdrawn when the use of the certificate of registration of that product is discontinued upon request of the market authorisation holder.
Similarly, the agency stated that the certificate of registration of a product may be suspended when the conditions upon which the NAFDAC registration license was issued are no longer met, and the agency is to decide.
The Pinnacle Times reporqs that this is coming less than 24 hours after NAFDAC launched a comprehensive national strategy and roadmap aimed at eliminating industrially produced trans-fatty acids, TFAs, from Nigeria’s food supply chain.
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