Adebayo Adenrele
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has announced the immediate withdrawal, suspension, cancellation of Penicillin G Sodium (Powder for injection), Flagyl Suspension (and also Flagyl 400 mg Tablets), Diclo-Neurobion Tablets (Diclofenac + B Vitamins) and 98 other pharmaceutical products in Nigeria for not meeting approved standards of quality and safety.
The action takes effect immediately, and the affected products are no longer allowed for manufacture, importation, exportation, distribution, advertisement, sale, or use in the country.
According to NAFDAC, the removal of these products is grounded in regulatory checks and post-market surveillance, ensuring that only medicines meeting approved standards of quality, safety, and efficacy remain in circulation.
The certificate of registration for each product is either withdrawn (voluntarily by the market authorization holder), suspended (if regulatory conditions are no longer met), or cancelled (revoked by NAFDAC) depending on the specific circumstances.
NAFDAC has called on healthcare providers, pharmacies, distributors and the public to immediately discontinue use of the listed products and to report any adverse events or illegal trade relating to them.
