In recognition of its commitment to the fight against
fake drugs and counterfeiting of regulated products,
the National Agency for Food and Drug
Administration and Control, (NAFDAC) has emerged
the winner of this year’s Global Anti-Counterfeiting
award by the Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group
(GACG).
According to a statement by NAFDAC public
relations officer (PRO), Mr Anslem Okonkwor, the
award which was presented to the agency recently at
the Annual Interpol Ip Crime Conference in Buenos
Aires, Argentina, was in appreciation of the many
innovations especially the cutting-edge technologies
the Agency has introduced in the fight against
counterfeiting.
The Chairman of the GACG, Mr John Anderson while
presenting the coveted award to the Director,
Investigation and Enforcement, Mr Kingsley Ejiofor
on behalf of the Agency extolled NAFDAC’s
deployment of TRUSCAN and its global leadership in
the Authentication user category.
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.
NAFDAC used the opportunity to further showcase
its anti-counterfeiting initiatives and activities
which were well received and commended by the
participants who were particularly interested in the
arrests and prosecution of the counterfeiters of
various pharmaceuticals worth over N10 billion.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/11/nafdac-gets-international-award-on-anti-counterfeiting/

Congrats to Naija