Adeyeye spoke against the backdrop of speculations that the exit of GSK had affected the prices of drugs in the country Friday in Lagos.
Browsing: Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye
Adeyeye told reporters that a particular flavour of the brand, ‘Special Chicken Flavour’, is not registered by the agency for sale in Nigeria.
She gave the warning in Abuja on Monday when she identified causes of kidney failure as including excessive fasting
The newly-appointed Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye said the…
The Director of Public Affairs of the agency, Dr Jimoh Abubakar, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview Saturday, informing that the meeting is for the D-G to disclose her areas of focus.
NAFDAC Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye gave the admonition over the weekend at the brainstorming session during the two-day retreat by the Agency’s Top Management Committee (TMC) in Lagos.
The call is contained in a statement signed by the Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye and made available to newsmen by the agency’s Resident Media Consultant, Olusayo Akintola in Abuja.
Following this, a statement signed in Lagos by the Resident Media Consultant to NAFDAC, Sayo Akintola, quoted the Director General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye as warning the general public, particularly consumers of Ponmo against the activities of some unscrupulous businessmen and traders who are selling industrial animal hides as food articles.
Ogbodo was arrested by the Investigation and Enforcement officers of NAFDAC in his residence at 18, Abagana street, Fegge, Onitsha, Anambra State where falsified Maldox (Sulfadoxine and Pyrimethamine), a brand of anti-malaria tablet manufactured by a registered Nigerian Pharmaceutical Company, was recovered from him.
Adeyeye made the call at the Inaugural Symposium and Launching of the Africa Centre of Excellence for Drug Research, Herbal Medicine Development and Regulatory Science (ACEDHARS), University of Lagos.
The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, stated this in Lagos at a Top Management Committee meeting.
NAFDAC Director-General (DG) Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said this against the backdrop of the one million doses of vaccines which expired in November and destroyed by the agency and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency and the Abuja Environmental Protection Agency.
The agency also says it is working on reducing importation of drugs from its present 70 per cent to 30 per cent by 2025.
The Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the admonition in her Christmas and New Year goodwill message.
The Senate Public Accounts Committee turned down the payment based on a 2016 Auditor General of the Federation query.
The assertion was made on November 25, 2021 by the Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye.
She, however, warned Nigerian researchers in the nation’s ivory towers and other herbal medicine practitioners to desist from parading unverified medicinal products as suitable for the cure of COVID-19, without NAFDAC approval.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye.
It has also agreed with manufacturers of chemical products in Nigeria to explore the international market with chemical products to enhance the nation’s foreign exchange earnings.
NAFDAC resident media consultant, Olusayo Akintola, disclosed this in a statement, noting that the procedures were to ensure ease of doing business in Nigeria.