Nigeria: NAFDAC Blacklists Indian Company for Manufacturing Falsified Medicines

29 October 2020

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has blacklisted Mars Remedies PVT Limited, India for the manufacture of falsified Ciprofloxacin Tablets BP 500mg (NAFDAC REG. NO C4-0498) for Pinnacle Health Pharmaceutical Ltd, in Nigeria.

NAFDAC Director General, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, who made this disclosure in a statement said: "In view of the unprofessional practice, the agency states that all products manufactured by the Mars Remedies PVT LTD, 635, GIDC Estate Waghodia, Vadodara, Gujurat, India, will not be allowed into Nigeria with immediate effect."

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