‘We shouldn’t allow their drugs in just because they’re giving us $100m’ – Dr Nawaane

Ghana must not surrender the regulatory authority of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) over medicines and other health products in exchange for foreign financial assistance, Chairman of Parliament’s Select Committee on Health, Dr Mark Kurt Nawaane, has said.

Dr Nawaane questioned why Ghana should allow medicines supplied under an international assistance programme to bypass the country’s regulatory processes.

Dr Nawaane pointed to the FDA’s regulatory standing, arguing that Ghana already has the institutional capacity to assess medicines and other health products entering the country.