Public ID: PID-GRDYY9

Improved process for market authorisation for pharmaceuticals in Nigeria

in Nigeria

Trade barrier summary

UK government has successfully sought a solution to enable the agreement of new import licenses from the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Nigeria to be expediently processed. This intervention has released a bottleneck that saw a number of market authorisation licences being issued, many of which had been on hold for over a year.

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Sectors affected

• Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
• Consumer and retail

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Resolved

Yes - January 2025

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Date reported

6 November 2024

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Last updated

8 January 2026

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Public ID

PID-GRDYY9

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