The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Tuesday alerted the public of the presence of a counterfeit Artemether/Lumefantrine malaria tablet, circulating under the brand name Aflotin 20/120 in Nigeria. Travel blogs
NAFDAC said on its twitter handle that the counterfeit product was discovered and reported to the Agency by the genuine manufacturer, Ajanta Pharma Limited from Mumbai, India,
According to NAFDAC, Ajanta Pharma observed that it manufactured the counterfeited product with batch number PA2128L in December 2018, with an expiry date of November 2020.
It said the batch was created for Combisunate 20/120 (Artemether 20mg/Lumefantrine 120mg Tablets), with a pack size of 30 x 24 tablets, but had now been counterfeited and was being sold as Aflotin 20/120mg with a pack size of 1 x 18 tablets.
It added that the overprinted matter did not match Ajanta’s overprinting style.
The agency said the company had confirmed that the Aflotin 20/120mg with Batch No: PA2128L available in the Nigerian market was a counterfeit, as determined by the investigation carried out and observations made on the product.
