A 42-year-old Togolese national has been arrested by the Nima police for importing fake Vermox – a drug used to treat worm infections.
Eugene Zomakpw was arrested after port-market surveillance conducted by the Food and Drugs authority (FDA).
The surveillance team impounded more than 21 boxes of the fake drugs in a Redemption Pharmacy shop at St. Johns near Achimota.
According to the FDA, the counterfeit medicine lacks the active ingredient required to perform the deworming function.
Head of Surveillance and Drug Enforcement at the FDA, Issaka Collinson Cofie has warned the public about the fake brand of dewormer because more of it are on the market.
He says the FDA is also collaborating with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana and other stakeholders to clamp down on pharmacies which sell these counterfeited drugs.
“We have to collaborate with a lot of our stakeholders. The FDA will issue letters to them including the Ghana Revenue Authority, Customs Division to be on the alert.”
He advised that “if you want to buy any medicine you have to source the medicine through accredited agencies”.
He pleaded with the public to report persons who are dealing in the fake drugs to the FDA or the police.
Latest Stories
-
Over 40 health facilities completed under Akufo-Addo’s tenure, Okoe-Boye reveals
9 mins -
Reflect integrity, become problem solvers – Graduates told
11 mins -
ILO Valuation Report based on assumptions – SSNIT
14 mins -
NDC won’t allow you to impose your successor on Ghanaians arrogantly – Mahama to Akufo-Addo
17 mins -
Dumsor: Okoe-Boye advises hospitals to use generators
22 mins -
Akufo-Addo’s insistence that chiefs stand up to greet him worrying, disrespectful – Mahama
28 mins -
First Atlantic Bank wins ‘Digital Bank of the Year’
53 mins -
Ejisu by-election comes off today
56 mins -
Cedi to weaken further; year-to-date depreciation hits 13.35%
57 mins -
Bond market: Total market turnover declined by 32.36% to GH¢772.30m
1 hour -
Fuel price increases expected to slow down in coming days – IES
1 hour -
Prisons Service says it is probing officers vs. soldiers clash in Bawku
1 hour -
Border restrictions impact businesses and residents amid Togo elections
2 hours -
We’ve helped close leakage gaps – SML maintains
2 hours -
Ketu South MCE commissions an ultra-modern toilet facility in Aflao
2 hours