Director-General of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye has given more details about the ban on Indomie Instant Noodles. Adeyeye told reporters that a particular flavour of the brand, ‘Special Chicken Flavour’, is not registered by the agency for sale in Nigeria. The NAFDAC DG also said that the agency has commenced random sampling and analysis of Indomie noodles, including the seasoning, for the presence of cancer-causing agent ethylene oxide, which …
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The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration NAFDAC, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, says Nigeria will continue its clinical trial of Hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID19 patients despite the suspension of the drug by the World Health Organization WHO. Yesterday, the World Health Organization announced it has suspended the use of hydroxychloroquine in solidarity trial for the treatment of COVID-19. The organization said the drug trial was suspended on grounds of safety concerns following a report published by Lancet, which …
Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of the National Agency for Food Drugs and Administration Control (NAFDAC), has revealed that the agency has received about four submissions as a potential cure for COVID-19. According to Prof Adeyeye, the entries came after the agency asked researchers, scientists and practitioners to submit potential solution for the deadly virus that has killed hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. She said, “I made a call for people to submit their application and I believe we have about …
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, says it has so far received only one application from a Nigerian company claiming it has herbal remedy for the ravaging COVID-19. The agency and the Federal government have been accused of sidelining companies in Nigeria that have claimed to have a cure for COVID-19 and settling for the herbal syrup from Madagascar. In a statement released, NAFDAC boss, Mojisola Adeyeye, says only one company has applied for clinical evaluation of its …