Media Reports on Medicines Quality - US Pharmacopeial Convention

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria in Ibadan destroyed seized
drugs and other pharmaceutical products worth N2 million
(USD $12,700).
Senegal Paramilitary police seized “a large consignment” of fake
medicines en route to Dakar.
Sierra Leone
Chloraphecol,
tetracycline,
contrim, and others.
Amoxicillin,
ampicillin,
ibuprofen,
cimetidine, cough
syrup
Toothpaste
The police in Diourbel seized fake medicines worth 11 million
CFA francs (USD $21,800). The medicines were destined for
the religious city of Touba.
The registrar of the Pharmacy Board said that more than 4
billion Leones (USD $1.33 million) worth of illegally imported,
substandard, and counterfeit drugs were destroyed between
January and July 2007.
John Zorokog, Chairman of the Pharmacy Board Kono District,
burned 65 million Leones (USD $21,700) worth of expired,
substandard, and counterfeit drugs in public.
The Pharmacy Board destroyed Le 31 million (USD $10,600)
worth of counterfeit and substandard medicines at the Kenema
Government Hospital. According to Sahr Sylvanus Komba, the
board chairman for Kenema and Kailahun districts, none of the
medicines had a seal of origin.
A recall issued by the Pharmacy Board directed several illegally
imported products to be withdrawn from the market because
they did not meet quality standards. All products with labels
from “KVA, KAV, KYV, KV, KYY, KYN, KNA, and Milan
Hamburg” are included in the recall as they are all counterfeit.
The Ministry of Health and Sanitation has publicly announced
that it intends to destroy all counterfeit pharmaceutical products
that are imported into Sierra Leone. Confiscated by the
Pharmacy Board, a 20ft container holding 650 cartons of
substandard toothpaste contaminated with diethylene glycol is
among the first to be destroyed.
Adeniyi, S. Day PCN destroyed drugs worth
N2m. The Tribune. Sep 27, 2012. Available at:
www.tribune.com.ng Accessed Sep 27, 2012
Fake drugs back in W. African markets. Daily
Monitor. May 6, 2010. Available at:
www.monitor.co.ug Accessed May 6, 2010
Eleven million in drugs seized for smuggling.
Seneweb. Aug 10, 2010. Available (in French) at:
www.seneweb.com Accessed Aug 10, 2010
Turay. A. Pharmacy Board discloses plans of
operations in Sierra Leone. Awareness Times
(Freetown). January 17, 2008. Available at:
www.news.sl Accessed: January 18, 2008
Pharmacy Board Destroys Le 65M Drugs. The
New Citizen. February 14, 2008. Available at:
www.christiantrede.com Accessed: Feb 18, 2008
Vandi, M. Sierra Leone: Pharmacy Board
destroys Le 31 million fake drugs. Concord
Times (Freetown). June 17, 2008. Available at:
http://allafrica.com Accessed: June 18, 2008
Pharmacy Board warning of counterfeit drugs in
Sierra Leone. Awareness Times Newspaper. June
4, 2008. Available at: www.news.sl Accessed:
June 9, 2008
James, B. Deadly drugs to be destroyed: health
minister to start with 20ft container of deadly
toothpaste. Awareness Times Newspaper. Jul 17,
2008. Available at: www.news.sl
Accessed: July 18, 2008
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