Nigeria: Nafdac Introduces Phone Service to Checkmate Counterfeiting

3 February 2010

Lagos — National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in collaboration with an indigenous pharmaceutical company, BIOFEM, yesterday launched Mobile Anti-Counterfeit System (MAS) as part of measures to minimise incidence of drug faking in the country.

The new service which operates like the Global System Mobile (GSM) will enable consumers to have access to a designated customers' service unit to confirm whether the drug for sale is genuine or fake.

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