The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has blacklisted Aveo Pharmaceuticals Pvt Limited, an Indian company, from bringing its product into the country.
Papers News reports that NAFDAC’s Director-General, Mojisola Adeyeye, in a statement, said the Indian Company was implicated in the illegal production and exportation of highly dangerous opioid combinations into West Africa, including Nigeria.
Professor Adeyeye explained that Aveo’s product could cause respiratory failure, seizures, overdose and death.