{"id":43678,"date":"2024-08-15T17:43:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T17:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=43678"},"modified":"2024-08-15T17:43:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T17:43:01","slug":"nafdac-warns-against-illegal-sale-of-substandard-and-falsified-sf-colamar-artemether-lumefantrine-20-120mg-oral-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/08\/15\/nafdac-warns-against-illegal-sale-of-substandard-and-falsified-sf-colamar-artemether-lumefantrine-20-120mg-oral-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"NAFDAC Warns Against Illegal Sale Of Substandard And Falsified (SF) Colamar (Artemether\/Lumefantrine 20\/120mg) Oral Suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) informs the public of the illegal distribution and marketing of a substandard and falsified anti-malaria,\u00a0Colamar (Artemether\/Lumefantrine\u00a020\/120mg).<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/em>The Substandard and falsified product is a pass-off of Lonart Suspension and has a\u00a0fake NAFDAC Registration Number (NRN):\u00a0B4-4065\u00a0which is a registration number of Malasyn Tablets (Dihydroartemisinin 40Mg, Piperaquine Phosphate 320Mg Tablets) which is the Company\u2019s product whose certificate expired on 22\/12\/2019<\/em>\u201d<\/em> \u00a0NAFDAC notice stated<\/p>\n

According to NAFDAC Artemether\/Lumefantrine\u00a020\/120mg\u00a0is an antimalarial medication used to treat acute uncomplicated malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.<\/p>\n

And the illegal marketing of this medicines poses a risk to people\u2019s health, these marketers do not comply with the regulatory provisions and as a result the products\u2019 safety, quality, and efficacy are not guaranteed.<\/p>\n

The details of the product are as follows.<\/p>\n

Product Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Colamar 20\/120 Powder for Oral Suspension<\/p>\n

Stated Active Ingredients:<\/strong>\u00a0Artemether\/Lumefantrine\u00a020\/120mg<\/p>\n

Batch Number:<\/strong>\u00a0ALD2424<\/p>\n

Manufacturing date:<\/strong>\u00a002\/2024<\/p>\n

Expiry date:<\/strong>\u00a001\/2027<\/p>\n

Stated NRN:<\/strong>\u00a0B4-4065<\/p>\n

Manufacturer:<\/strong>\u00a0Archy Pharm. Nig Ltd., 30 Win Funke Street, Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Ojokoro- Lagos, Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/em>Please note that the above NRN (NAFDAC Registration Number) is falsified.<\/em>\u201d <\/em>NAFDAC said in a statement<\/p>\n

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NAFDAC also directed all their zonal directors and state coordinators to carry out surveillance and mop up the substandard and falsified products within the zones and states.<\/p>\n

This warning also advice all Importers, distributors, retailers, healthcare professionals and caregivers to exercise caution and vigilance within the supply chain to avoid the importation, distribution, sale and use of the substandard and falsified product. They noted that medical products must be obtained from authorized\/licensed suppliers. The products\u2019 authenticity and physical condition should be carefully checked.<\/p>\n

NAFDAC encouraged the public to report any suspicion of the sale of the public to them<\/p>\n

\u201cHealthcare professionals and consumers are advised to report any suspicion of the sale of substandard and falsified medicines or medical devices to the nearest NAFDAC office, NAFDAC on 0800-162-3322 or via email:\u00a0sf.alert@nafdac.gov.ng<\/a><\/em>\u201d they said<\/p>\n

“Similarly, healthcare professionals and patients are also encouraged to report adverse events or side effects related to the use of medicinal products or devices to the nearest NAFDAC office, or through the use of the E-reporting platforms <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) informs the public of the illegal distribution and marketing of a substandard and falsified anti-malaria,\u00a0Colamar (Artemether\/Lumefantrine\u00a020\/120mg). \u201cThe Substandard and falsified product is a pass-off of Lonart Suspension and has a\u00a0fake NAFDAC Registration Number (NRN):\u00a0B4-4065\u00a0which is a registration number of Malasyn Tablets (Dihydroartemisinin 40Mg, Piperaquine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":43680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,184],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-health"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43678"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43683,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43678\/revisions\/43683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}