THE
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control, NAFDAC, and
Nigeria Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development, NIPRID,
plan to commence limited clinical trial on some Nigerian herbal
medicines used for life-threatening ailments like HIV/AIDS among others.Disclosing
this weekend in Lagos during a one-day symposium to celebrate this
year’s International Traditional Medicines Day, the Director-General of
NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii, said the clinical trial had become necessary
following recent noticeable swing from the earlier bias in favour of
orthodox medicine to greater acceptance of traditional medicines in the
country.
Orhii said with this new trend, the need to ensure that only good quality, safe and effective herbal medicines were distributed and used became paramount to the Ministry of Health.
He added that the Agency decided to carry out the trial due to the burden of unauthorised advertisement of herbal medicines with unsubstantiated claims on cure of serious diseases with the intention to deceive unsuspecting members of the public.
He said that the agency had set up a National Expert Committee on Verification of Claims by herbal medical practitioners, adding that by the first quarter of 2014, the agency, in collaboration with NIPRID, would also begin evaluation of herbal medicines.
Orhii said: “We have established standards and guidelines for the registration of herbal medicinal products in Nigeria to ensure successful implementation of the aspects of the mandate relating to herbal medicines.
“NAFDAC has banned illegal advertisements of herbal medicinal products and bogus claims of cure for disease conditions.”
Source: Vanguard
Orhii said with this new trend, the need to ensure that only good quality, safe and effective herbal medicines were distributed and used became paramount to the Ministry of Health.
He added that the Agency decided to carry out the trial due to the burden of unauthorised advertisement of herbal medicines with unsubstantiated claims on cure of serious diseases with the intention to deceive unsuspecting members of the public.
He said that the agency had set up a National Expert Committee on Verification of Claims by herbal medical practitioners, adding that by the first quarter of 2014, the agency, in collaboration with NIPRID, would also begin evaluation of herbal medicines.
Orhii said: “We have established standards and guidelines for the registration of herbal medicinal products in Nigeria to ensure successful implementation of the aspects of the mandate relating to herbal medicines.
“NAFDAC has banned illegal advertisements of herbal medicinal products and bogus claims of cure for disease conditions.”
Source: Vanguard
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