NAFDAC Cleans Up: 40 Drugs, 4 Products Off the Market
NAFDAC has taken great steps in 2024 to safeguard the health of Nigerians which includes the withdrawal of 40 pharmaceuticals products by market authorization holders. Via the cancellation of four drugs, and the ban of harmful food and dietary items.
Names of Drugs are
Deekins Amoxycillin 500mg Capsule (Batch 4C639001)
Acetazolamide Tablets USP 125mg (Batch 30575HF1)
Two batches of Pantogen Injection “Singtong” (Batches 4DM1150 and 4DM0442)
Food and dietary product regulation
Ban on Brominated Vegetable Oil (BVO):
Weight Loss Products with Banned Substances:
Withdrawn drugs
Withdrawn drugs
- Abacavir Sulfate/Lamivudine Dispersible Tablets 60mg/30mg – Healthline Limited
- Amaryl M Tablets – Sanofi Aventis Nigeria Ltd
- Amaryl M SR Tablets – Sanofi Aventis Nigeria Ltd
- Aprovasc 150mg/5mg Tablets – Sanofi Aventis Nigeria Ltd
- Artemether/Lumefantrine 40mg/240mg Tablets – Healthline Limited
- ASAQ (Artesunate Amodiaquine Winthrop) 100mg/270mg Tablets – Sanofi Aventis Nigeria Ltd
- ASAQ (Artesunate Amodiaquine Winthrop) 25mg/67.5mg Tablets – Sanofi Aventis Nigeria Ltd
- ASAQ (Artesunate Amodiaquine Winthrop) 50mg/135mg Tablets – Sanofi Aventis Nigeria Ltd
- Betopic Eye Drop – Novartis
- Coaprovel 300mg/25mg Tablets – Sanofi Aventis Nigeria Ltd
- Combination 3 Tablets – Bayer East Africa Limited
- Efavirenz 600mg Tablets – Healthline Limited
- Elisca Eye Drop – Sanofi Aventis Nigeria Ltd
- Flagyl Suspension – Sanofi Aventis Nigeria Ltd
- Flagyl Tablet 400mg – Sanofi Aventis Nigeria Ltd
- Iliadin Adult 0.05% Metered Nose Spray – Fensyl MHP Consulting Ltd
- Iliadin Baby 0.01% Nose Drops – Fensyl MHP Consulting Ltd
- Iliadin Kids 0.025% Nose Drops – Fensyl MHP Consulting Ltd
- Invanz 1g Injections – MSD Idea Pharmaceuticals Nigeria Ltd
- Invega (Paliperidone) 3mg Extended-Release Tablets – Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies
- Invega (Paliperidone) 6mg Extended-Release Tablets – Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies
- Invega (Paliperidone) 9mg Extended-Release Tablets – Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies
- Janumet 50mg/1000mg Tablets – MSD Idea Pharmaceuticals Nigeria Ltd
- Janumet 50mg/850mg Tablets – MSD Idea Pharmaceuticals Nigeria Ltd
- Januvia 100mg Tablets – MSD Idea Pharmaceuticals Nigeria Ltd
- Januvia 50mg Tablets – MSD Idea Pharmaceuticals Nigeria Ltd
- Kombiglyze 2.5mg/1000mg Tablets – AstraZeneca
- Kombiglyze 5mg/1000mg Tablets – AstraZeneca
- Lamivudine/Nevirapine/Zidovudine Dispersible Tablets 150mg/200mg/300mg – Healthline Limited
- Lamivudine/Nevirapine/Zidovudine Dispersible Tablets 30mg/50mg/60mg – Healthline Limited
- Lexotan 3mg Tablets – F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
- Mosegor Syrup – Novartis
- Nevirapine 200mg Tablets – Healthline Limited
- Onglyza 2.5mg Tablets – AstraZeneca
- Onglyza 5mg Tablets – AstraZeneca
- Penicillin G Sodium Sandoz Powder for Solution for Injection – Novartis
- Salbutamol 100mcg Inhaler – Novartis
- Sporanox (Itraconazole) 100mg Capsule – Worldwide Healthcare
- Xyzal Oral Drops – GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical Nigeria Ltd
- Zidovudine 300mg Tablets – Healthline Limited
Cancelled Products
- Uptivite Man Tablets – Gentlehills Limited
- Mist Alba Suspension – Gentlehills Limited
- Gentle Hill Cough Syrup – Gentlehills Limited
- Gentlehills Vitamin C Syrup – Gentlehills Limited
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