EMZOR SAYS ‘NAFDAC ONLY TEMPORARILY SEALED ONE OF OUR PRODUCTION LINES’
Emzor says ‘The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down only one of its production lines temporarily’
The pharmaceutical company took to its official Twitter page to say that NAFDAC have only temporarily sealed one of Emzor’s production sites, the liquid line. The rest of Emzor is still operating as normal.
— Emzor Pharmaceuticals (@emzornigeria) May 8, 2018
The pharmaceutical company took to its official Twitter page to say that NAFDAC have only temporarily sealed one of Emzor’s production sites, the liquid line. The rest of Emzor is still operating as normal.
This is coming as a result of the widely spread news that went around yesterday that NAFDAC shut down three pharmaceutical companies, the companies include Peace Standard Pharmaceutical Limited, Bioraj Pharmaceutical Limited and Emzor Pharmaceuticals Industry Limited.
Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General of the Agency, in a statement on Monday said the companies will remain shut to allow for a full and comprehensive investigation.
Among the allegations leveled against the closed companies include refusal to abide by regulations on the distribution of certain medications.
“Due to insufficient evidence gathered and apparent resistance to provide needed documents during our inspection on May 2, 2018, at the respective companies in Ilorin and Lagos, respectively, it has become necessary to shut down all product lines of the three companies – Peace Standard Pharmaceutical Limited. Plots 3 & 8, Adewole Industrial Estate, Lubcon Avenue, Ilorin, Kwara State; Bioraj Pharmaceutical Limited. No 405 Kaima Road, Ilorin, Kwara State and Emzor Pharmaceuticals Ind. Ltd., Ajao Estate, Lagos. This is to allow for a full and comprehensive investigation. The three companies, therefore, remain closed,” the statement read in part.
The agency banned the production and importation of cough syrup containing codeine on the first of May after the BBC’s undercover team caught one executive for Emzor Pharmaceuticalsboasting about selling cartons on the black market.
Emzor has since denied links to the black market and said it had dismissed the employee and launched a full investigation.
