Factory Inspectorate & Import Control
There are two units in this department
1. Import Control
a. Queen Elizabeth the II b. Lungi Entry Port
2. Pharmaceutical Outlet
a. Factory b. Wholesale
FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT
- Good Manufacturing Practice Inspection of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plant
- To ensure Import/Wholesale outlet comply with good storage and distribution practice
- Preparation of Import Permits
- Preparation of Clearance Permits
- Preparation of export permits
- Post Market Surveillance Activity (Truscan Inspection)
- Inspection of Imported Containers Packages and Cartoons at Ports of Entry
- Quarantine Exercises
- Collection of Samples to Head Office after organoleptic Inspection
- Investigative Inspection
- Sending Products to the NPQC Lab for Quality Analysis
- Destruction of expired deteriorated counterfeit pharmaceuticals retrieved from the market
- Sample Return to Pertinent Importers
Administration
Drug Evaluation and Registration
National Pharmaceutical Quality Control Laboratory
Policy Standards & Practice
Finance
Complementary & Alternative Medicines
Information & Communications
Factory Inspectorate & Import Control
Enforcement & Narcotic Control
Pharmacovigilance & Clinical Trials
Distribution Chain Inspection
Quality Assurance