No ‘’killer’’ Anti-Malaria drug in Nigeria – NAFDAC

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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC), says there are no “killer” Anti-Malaria medicines in Nigeria.

Dr Yetunde Oni, Acting Director-General, NAFDAC,  made the disclosure at a news conference in Lagos on Tuesday.

The meeting was prompted by the list of 42 banned anti-malaria medicines, released by the Senate and said to be in circulation in hospitals and pharmacies and  consumed by Nigerians.

According to report, the medications have been banned in Europe but were still in the Nigerian market.

Oni said, “We want to douse the tension and correct the misinformation on the social and mainstream media about the 42 Anti-Malarial medicines purportedly banned by the European Union but allegedly circulating in the country.

“It is pertinent to mention that the allegedly banned anti-malarial medicines are oral…

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