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Business News of 2013-11-23
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) yesterday locked up warehouses belonging to pharmaceutical drugs importer, Tobinco Pharmaceuticals, further deepening the rift between the two bodies.
The two parties have failed to reach a common ground on an alert issued about some products imported by Tobinco Pharmaceuticals. The FDA in October, banned the importation and distribution of all medicinal products manufactured by Bliss GVS Pharma Limited of India into Ghana.
Some pharmacists in various parts of the country have already been invited by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), as investigations proceed into the distribution of Tobinco's drugs.
Now, the company’s warehouses and factories throughout the country are being closed down.
A Joy FM report last night said a team from the FDA and EOCO stormed the company’s facility at Spintex Road in Accra and attempted to lock it up.
Joy News reported that it was an angry clash between the officials of the team and staff of the company.
Frederick Asamoah, lawyer for Tobinco, is reported to have told Joy News that the facility that was visited by the combined team, belongs to a “sister company” of Tobinco.
He said the facility was put up to manufacture drugs but has not started operation yet.
Additionally, he noted that workers at the facility resisted the attempt by the team to lock up the place because they had no search warrant.
Mr Asamoah further pointed out that the workers rather decided to lock up the facility themselves to prevent the officials of EOCO and FDA from getting access to the place.
Business News of 2013-11-23
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) yesterday locked up warehouses belonging to pharmaceutical drugs importer, Tobinco Pharmaceuticals, further deepening the rift between the two bodies.
The two parties have failed to reach a common ground on an alert issued about some products imported by Tobinco Pharmaceuticals. The FDA in October, banned the importation and distribution of all medicinal products manufactured by Bliss GVS Pharma Limited of India into Ghana.
Some pharmacists in various parts of the country have already been invited by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), as investigations proceed into the distribution of Tobinco's drugs.
Now, the company’s warehouses and factories throughout the country are being closed down.
A Joy FM report last night said a team from the FDA and EOCO stormed the company’s facility at Spintex Road in Accra and attempted to lock it up.
Joy News reported that it was an angry clash between the officials of the team and staff of the company.
Frederick Asamoah, lawyer for Tobinco, is reported to have told Joy News that the facility that was visited by the combined team, belongs to a “sister company” of Tobinco.
He said the facility was put up to manufacture drugs but has not started operation yet.
Additionally, he noted that workers at the facility resisted the attempt by the team to lock up the place because they had no search warrant.
Mr Asamoah further pointed out that the workers rather decided to lock up the facility themselves to prevent the officials of EOCO and FDA from getting access to the place.
