Codeine: NAFDAC shuts Emzor, two Ilorin firms

Date: 2018-05-08

THREE pharmaceutical firms including Emzor have been shut by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration & Control (NAFDAC) for failimg to cooperate with the agency in the investigation into the Codeine syrup crisis.

The others are Ilorin-based Peace Standard Pharmaceutical Limited and Bioraj Pharmaceutical Limited.

All the firms were implicatyed in the codeine syrup crisis and NAFDAC said the decision to shut them down was taken following findings from investigations and inspections at the companies.

A statement by NAFDAC DG Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye said "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, 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 reopening of the manufacturing companies will depend on the level of cooperation that is shown during the comprehensive investigation. The Director General has constituted a Task Force made up of NAFDAC Directors- Registration and Regulatory Affairs; Narcotics and Controlled Substances; and Drug Evaluation and Research. Members of PMG-MAN in the Committee included the Executive Secretary of PMG-MAN, Fidson Healthcare; May & Baker PLC; and Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries. It was stated that on May 2-3, 2018 "A team of nine NAFDAC officers (2 from Drug and Evaluation Research - DER and 7 from Investigation & Enforcement - I&E) and ten mobile police officers were sent to Ilorin, Kwara state on May 2 2018 to carry out investigational inspection at the companies of the two different pharmaceutical companies that are licensed to manufacture codeine-containing syrup, and which were implicated in the BBC documentary.

"The same investigational inspection by a different NAFDAC team took place on the same day and time as the Ilorin companies at the manufacturing facility of Emzor Pharmaceuticals Ind. Ltd., Ajao Estate, Lagos "The focus of the assignment was to access and monitor from records the utilization, sales and effective distribution of the codeine containing cough syrups to the end users. "Meanwhile, meeting of the stakeholders mentioned above is being planned while the shut down and full investigation"

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