The Federal Government says it will commence local manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines in August 2022
The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this on Tuesday during a television programme.
She also said the agency has commenced clinical trials on three local herbal medicinal products for the treatment of the virus.
Adeyeye said with less than two per cent of the country’s population vaccinated so far, the federal government was conscious of the constraints posed by lack of drug security.
She NAFDAC has initiated a process to develop herbal medicine products in the country by setting up the Herbal Medicine Product Development Committee to advance the development of herbal medicine.
She added that the purpose was to bring herbal medicine practitioners and researchers together so as to subject their products to scientific investigation.
