Food and Drugs Authority says it has the greenlight to destroy 90,000 packets of fake abortion drugs imported into the country by family-planning giant DKT International.
Head of the Drug Enforcement Department at the FDA Thomas Amedzro has told Joy News, the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service has okayed the destruction after concluding investigations.
"We need to write officially to the police for the release of the product so that they can also attend and watch the proper disposal of the product" On the 16th of January, Joy News revealed how family-planning giant DKT International used thousands of pieces of unregistered abortion drugs to terminate pregnancies in the country.
The drugs Misoprostol and Mifeprostol were part of a shipment of about 90,000 packets brought into the country with the assistance of Nigerian and Swiss drug dealers.
The FDA sanctioned DKT International and the Swiss drug dealer who helped in smuggling the unregistered abortion drugs into the country.
On 23rd January, 2017 the Food and Drugs Authority confirmed payment of a 50,000 cedi fine imposed on the Swiss national.
DKT International Country Director Kevin Hudson was recalled by head quarters in Washington DC following the Joy News expose.
Joy News is learning that the Food and Drugs Authority has completed internal processes for the destruction of the drugs.
FDA Head of the Drug Enforcement Department said management has approved the release of logistics to destroy the fake drugs.
He pointed out that the family planning giant has paid for the cost of destruction of the fake abortion drugs.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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peacefmonline.com, next time, rely on your own reporters and publish accurate news as you are a beacon of hope. stop copying and pasting from lazy networks. you have been disgraced following what the FDA has posted on their website on the story of the fake abortion drugs. If you care to know, read it below or go to the FDA website. CLARIFICATION ON A JOY NEWS REPORT “90,000 PACKS OF FAKE ABORTION DRUGS SET TO BE DESTROYED” The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA)wishes to clarify inaccuracies with regards to a publication carried by Joy News on the “destruction of abortion drugs.” The FDA wishes to state that it has not received any clearance from the police for the destruction of “abortion” drugs seized from DKT International as the Joy News purports. The statement attributed to Mr. Thomas Amedzro , Head of the Drug Enforcement Department, clearly emphasized that "We (the FDA) need to write officially to the police for the release of the product so that they can also attend and watch the proper safe disposal of the products" This clearly is not a “green light to destroy” the said drugs imported by DKT International. Furthermore, the FDA wishes to indicate that the drugs illegally imported by DKT and labeled as Misoprostol and Mifepristone were packed in 180 silver pouches (90,000 tablets) but not 90,000 packets as indicated by the news report. It should however be noted that safe disposals carried out by FDA are routine regulatory procedures and not targeted at medicines from specific companies as the said publication seems to imply. The publication should therefore be disregarded. For further and subsequent information or clarification, you can contact the FDA on any of the following numbers; TOLL FREE - 0800151000 (AIRTEL AND VODAFON), HOT LINES - 0299802932, 0299802933, SMS SHORTCODE – 4015 (ALL NETWORKS) or 0244337235
In the first place is abortion legal in Ghana?...those who happen to have read the Joy News please did it indicate the criminality of importing such drugs in the first place? Just wondering
this is a shame - journalists and news editors just sit and copy and paste. what should we believe? where is the FDA in this situation? we cannot trust journalists/media houses. FDA should tell us the truth in the story. why hasn't the FDA written to the police since January 16? this is very unfortunate journalism. media houses should be giving us proper news and not sensational fake news that help sell.
I have read the actual news on Joyonline..in the beginning it was 5000 packets.now 90000..this is very bad journalism. are you sure if the news was true it will have no bearing? God help Ghana
this news is distasteful,,it is not true and has no leg. kindly revert to its source @ myjoyonline.com ..it is a shame to modern day journalism..
90,000 packets of fake and hes fined GHC50,000? What is the deterrent in this fine? Are we stuooidoos or what? You do this in Switzerland and you are off to jail. Ghana must rise up!!! Are we saying that the wombs that could have been destroyed are all together worth GHC50,000?