Lagos, March 31, 2025 (AFP) - Cost of living woes fuelling fake medicine demand in Nigeria

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2025-03-31

A long-running struggle in Nigeria against fake medicines has become even harder because widespread economic hardship is driving up demand, experts say. The scale of the problem was highlighted in March when authorities set ablaze $645 million worth of counterfeit medicines seized in six weeks of raids in Lagos and two southern states. "What we have found could ruin a nation," said the head of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration......

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