Nigeria, July 11 -- In a dramatic move to purge Nigeria's pharmaceutical industry, the Kanawa Pharmaceutical Coordinated Wholesale Centre (KPP-CWC) in Kano intercepted fake drugs and spoilt foodstuffs with a value of over N1.3 billion.

The action is a pointer to an ongoing campaign by health authorities to advance quality control, implement regulatory powers, and break cartels involved in circulation of counterfeit drugs. Superintendent Pharmacist Furera Ado, who revealed this in a press conference, said the seized commodities included highly sought-after medicines like antimalarials, antibiotics, and analgesics. The shocking bit was that laboratory analysis proved more than 40 percent of pharmaceutical samples analyzed failed the Active...