The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has warned of fake COVID-19 drugs in circulation.
NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, during a webinar in Lagos State on Wednesday, said the agency discovered fake Chloroquine, Hydroxychloroquine, face masks and hand sanitizers in circulation across the country.
She explained that this was discovered during post-marketing surveillance of COVID-19 medical products.
The NAFDAC boss said: “Post-marketing surveillance is part and parcel of NAFDAC. We stepped it up because we knew that companies were changing formula and formulations for us.
“We see falsified Chloroquine without any active ingredients in it. Of course, we also have had fake sanitizers and masks, which we have to deal with regulatory-wise.
“Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine are some of the therapeutics that Nigeria is using for clinical trial treatment only. We started with Chloroquine and then Hydroxychloroquine came in.”