Year: 2023
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PharmacoVigilance Monitoring System (PViMS)
PViMS, or the PharmacoVigilance Monitoring System, is a web-based application used by clinicians, regulatory bodies, and implementing partners to monitor the safety of medicine to monitor the safety of medicines. The application was developed by the US Agency for International Development-funded Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services [SIAPS] program (2011-2018) and is implemented…
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Pfizer warns against counterfeit Dostinex
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is informing the public of a circulation of counterfeit Dostinex (Cabergolin) 0.5mg tablet in Nigeria. The Agency is issuing this alert following the notification received from Pfizer Specialties Limited (The manufacturer of the original product) disclosing a patient’s complaint about the product. Pfizer has…
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Recall alert after 159 infant deaths in Indonesia from NAFDAC – Indonasian health authority
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is notifying Healthcare providers and the public that Indonesian authorities have revoked the licenses of two pharmaceutical companies (PT Yarindo Farmatama and PT Universal Pharmaceutical industries) to prevent them from producing syrup-type medicines following the death of 159 children under five (5) years, due…