Metro Nigeria: NAFDAC Beats 509 Others to Win Global Recognition Award

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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has won a global award for its commitment to the fight against fake drugs and counterfeiting of regulated products.

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NAFDAC emerged winner of this year’s Global Anti-Counterfeiting Award by the Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group (GACG) at the Annual INTERPOL IP CRIME Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

According to a release signed by Anslem Okonkwor of the agency’s Public Relations Unit the award, was in appreciation of the many innovations, especially cutting-edge technologies the Agency has introduced in the fight against counterfeiting.

GACG is a network of national and regional anti-counterfeiting organisations drawn from the European Union, North America, South America, China, India and Africa with the common objective of addressing the problems of counterfeiting and piracy by the sharing and exchange of information and participation in appropriate join activities.

This year’s conference had 509 attendees from all the continents participating, notably the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, European Anti-Fraud Office, Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China, International Document Police, International Trademark Association, the European Union, top multi-national companies, security and IP experts, jurists and the academia.


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