NAFDAC warns public over fake avastin injection in circulation

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has raised an alert implicit the circulation of counterfeit Avastin vials 400 mg/16 ml and directed its zonal directors and authorities coordinators to intensify surveillance and region the fake products from circulation crossed the country.

In a connection issued by the agency, NAFDAC identified the affected merchandise arsenic Avastin vials 400 mg/16 ml, with the stated shaper listed arsenic F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland, by Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Mannheim, Germany.

According to the agency, the counterfeit products carnivore the batch numbers K1830T71 and H0375B01. The manufacturing dates connected the products are listed arsenic 04/2025 and 02/2025, portion the expiry dates are 05/2028 and 12/2027, respectively.

As portion of contiguous measures to code the situation, NAFDAC said each its zonal directors and authorities coordinators person been instructed to measurement up monitoring activities and guarantee that the counterfeit products are identified and removed from the proviso concatenation wrong their jurisdictions.

The bureau warned importers, distributors, retailers, healthcare professionals, and caregivers to stay vigilant successful bid to prev...