{"id":13393,"date":"2020-05-14T10:21:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T10:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=13393"},"modified":"2020-05-14T10:21:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T10:21:10","slug":"weve-received-only-one-application-on-claims-of-herbal-covid-19-remedies-nafdac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=13393","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019ve received only one application on claims of herbal COVID-19 remedies \u2014 NAFDAC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u2026asks researchers to submit products for clinical tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Agency \u00a0for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has reacted to claims of the herbal COVID-19 remedies, saying they were either domiciled in the conventional news media or social media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director-General of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye, said in a statement yesterday that it\u00a0 received an application only from one company for a product\u00a0 which it presented for approval for the treatment of symptoms of COVID-19, and not cure of the disease. The statement read: \u201cThe rush to mitigate the mortality and morbidity resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in acceleration of product development, repurposing of formulations, off label use of therapeutics and the search for a vaccine to prevent COVID-19. \u201cBecause no vaccine yet exists to prevent further spread of the virus, the huge burden of developing a cure or at best, a treatment for this deadly virus rests squarely on the shoulders of the medical world, of which Nigeria is no exception. \u201cIn a bid to discover a cure, therefore, the public has witnessed quite a number of claims from different quotas \u2013 Complementary and Alternative Medicines Practitioners, Traditional healers, and the Academia. \u201cIt is pertinent to note, however, that these claims are domiciled in either the conventional news media or the social media. \u201cThe National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, as at the time of this press release has only received application from one company for a product the company is presenting (for approval) to the agency for the treatment of the symptoms of COVID-19, and not for the cure of COVID-19 as a disease. \u201cA claim of a cure must be subjected to clinical evaluation through well controlled, randomized clinical trials following an approved clinical trial protocol. \u201cThat Africa as a continent is blessed with diverse plants and herbs that constitute a source of food and medicine is incontrovertible. \u201cThe drugs of today\u2019s modern society are products of research and development by major pharmaceutical companies. \u201cAmong the most important raw materials researched and developed are naturally occurring materials obtained especially from plants. \u201cIt should be mentioned also, however, that many plants are similarly very poisonous. As the Agency that has been saddled with the mandate of safeguarding the health of the citizenry, NAFDAC will continue to make sure that only medicinal product (including herbal remedies) that have proven safety data will be approved for use by the public. \u201cAt present, the agency lists herbal medicines based on historical perspective on the use of the products after carrying out toxicological and microbiological evaluations in the laboratories to ensure that they are, at the minimum, safe. \u201cThe listing status is valid for two years and is renewable. It does not validate the efficacy claims being made for the products hence, the labels must bear a disclaimer informing the consumer The claims have not been evaluated by NAFDAC. \u201cThis minimum requirement of \u2018proof of safety\u2019 is the Agency\u2019s way of encouraging production of herbal remedies from the country\u2019s rich diversity of plants.\u201d \u201cPart of the efforts to advance herbal products development informed the setting up of the Nigerian Herbal Medicine Product Committee by the Director General, NAFDAC. \u201cThe platform brings together Manufacturers, Academia, Researchers and relevant stakeholders by bridging the gap often created between traditional medicine practitioners (possible patent holders) and drug manufacturers, whose responsibility it would be to formulate the products. \u201cThis collaboration, brokered by the Agency, aims at translating research of herbs into products of commerce with proven safety & efficacy. \u201cThe committee has met three times since inception, on March 15, 2019, September 6, 2019 and the most recent one being a virtual meeting on Thursday May 8, 2020. \u201cCall for expression of interest for the COVID-19 related medicines was made; several researchers and practitioners have responded and are being guided to submit such medicines to NAFDAC for expedited review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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