NAFDAC Gets International Award On Anti-Counterfeiting
In recognition of its commitment to the
fight against fake drugs and
counterfeiting of regulated products, the
National Agency for Food and Drug
Administration and Control, (NAFDAC)
has emerged the winner of this year’s
Global Anti-Counterfeiting award by the
Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group
(GACG).
According to a statement by NAFDAC
public relations officer (PRO), Mr Anslem
Okonkwor, the award which was
presented to the agency recently at the
Annual Interpol Ip Crime Conference in
Buenos Aires, Argentina, was in
appreciation of the many innovations
especially the cutting-edge technologies
the Agency has introduced in the fight
against counterfeiting.
The Chairman of the GACG, Mr John
Anderson while presenting the coveted
award to the Director, Investigation and
Enforcement, Mr Kingsley Ejiofor on
behalf of the Agency extolled NAFDAC’s
deployment of TRUSCAN and its global
leadership in the Authentication user
category.
GACG is a network of national and
regional anti-counterfeiting
organisations drawn from the European
Union, North America, South America,
China, India and Africa with the
common objective of addressing the
problems of counterfeiting and piracy by
the sharing and exchange of information
and participation in appropriate join
activities.
This year’s conference had 509 attendees
from all the continents participating
notably the US Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, European Anti-Fraud
Office, Ministry of Public Security of the
People’s Republic of China, International
Document Police, International
Trademark Association, the European
Union, top multi-national companies,
security and IP experts, Jurists and the
academia.
NAFDAC used the opportunity to further
showcase its anti-counterfeiting
initiatives and activities which were well
received and commended by the
participants who were particularly
interested in the arrests and prosecution
of the counterfeiters of various
pharmaceuticals worth over N10 billion.
Chairman Global Anti-counterfeiting
Group, Mr. John Anderson, presenting
the award to the Director, Investigation
and Enforcement ( NAFDAC) Mr.
Kingsley Ejiofor, at this year’s Annual
Interpol Crime conference in Buenos
Aires, Argentina… recently.
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