Nigeria: Counterfeiting Drug - Experts Seek Enhanced Public Awareness

12 June 2012

A call has been made for an increase in public awareness about the dangers of counterfeit drugs with a view to saving more lives in Nigeria.

The call which came in Lagos during a workshop organised by the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, and the Association of Nigerian Representatives of Overseas Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, NIROPHARM in collaboration with Health Writers Association of Nigeria, HEWAN, were of the view that counterfeiting had become a global problem.

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