Lifesaving Medicine Discovered to be Counterfeit, No Active Ingredient
The Food and Drug Board (FDB) of Ghana announced that laboratory analyses discovered anti-malarial medication without any active ingredients.
Dr. Stephen Opuni, Chief Executive of the FDB, said that counterfeit medication, artesunate tablets, labeled as if manufactured by Guilin Pharmaceutical Co in China, had been analyzed for artesunate contain none, reported the Ghana News Agency.
“The consumption of the product will therefore not provide any treatment of malaria, which can possibly result in serious complications and even death,” he said.
He urged all pharmacists to stop dispensing the medication and to report anyone offering them for sale to local police.