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National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), yesterday morning closed down the sprawling Onitsha Bridge Head Drug Market, in a pre-dawn operation involving a combined detachment of soldiers and policemen. The market, consisting of over 2,500 drug shops, was cordoned-off before the traders arrived. Speaking on behalf of the Director-General of Nafdac,…

The Internet has become an important player in the illegal drugs trade. The just-released 2006 report of the International Narcotics Control Board highlights the role of "cyberpharmacies" in illegally selling a wide range of psychotropic drugs. South Africa is one of the few countries which has acted against the threat, the report says, and a…

National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has impounded some quantities of fake and substandard drugs worth over N8 million. Similarly, the agency is questioning two suspects, Mr. Onyebuchi Okeke, an Idumota -based trader and Chief Nicholas Okeke the landlord of the premises used for the storage of the drugs in connection…

Miss Barbara Yankey, Western Regional Drug Information Pharmacist, has advised the sick not to purchase medicine without the requisite information. She noted that while self-medication compounded sicknesses, many people allowed others including their relations to take such un-prescribed drugs. 6 February 2007 Read the full story at myjoyonline.com.

The Gauteng health department should tighten controls on expired medicines, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday, after media reports that patients at Johannesburg Hospital had been given old drugs. The Star reported that pharmacists at the hospital have been dispensing expired medicines and covering their actions by sticking labels over the expiry date. 23 January…

DIRECTOR-General of National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Dora Akunyili has described fake drugs and drug abuse as the greatest weapons of terrorism against public health. Prof. Akunyili said fake drugs caused treatment failures, worsening disease conditions as well as high death toll urging members of the public to rise…

Hong Kong – Li Guoqiao was a village doctor in China's southwestern Yunnan province in 1974 when the government asked him to try using an herbal drug, artemisinin, to treat malaria patients. What followed was one of China's first clinical trials using the herb, and the results were startling. All 18 patients felt better within…

Counterfeit goods threaten security, economic growth and public safety worldwide, U.S. and private industry officials warn. Of increasing concern, they say, is the flood of counterfeit medicines into the marketplace. Trade in counterfeit and fake goods, officially referred to as intellectual property piracy, "negatively impacts our society through the loss of profits, jobs, revenue and…