Business · Nigeria
Register a product with NAFDAC
Register a food, drug, cosmetic or chemical product with NAFDAC via the NAPAMS portal: submit docs → GMP facility inspection → lab testing → committee approval → Certificate of Product Registration (valid 5 years).
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Who you will deal with
The steps
- Submit the application on NAPAMS
- NAFDAC
- Register the company and product on the NAFDAC Automated Product Administration & Monitoring System (NAPAMS). Pharma needs a Trademark Certificate (Class 5) and a Superintendent Pharmacist Licence; local manufacturers need a GMP certificate.
- CAC Certificate of Incorporation; Trademark (Class 5, pharma); GMP certificate; label artwork; Certificate of Analysis
- Application stage
- GMP facility inspection
- NAFDAC
- NAFDAC inspects the manufacturing facility (local or foreign) for Good Manufacturing Practice compliance.
- Facility address; production details
- Scheduled after application
- Product sampling and laboratory testing
- NAFDAC laboratories
- Submit product samples with proof of payment for laboratory analysis. Official fees ≈₦25,000-₦70,000 (category-dependent); all-in costs typically ₦200,000-₦2,000,000+.
- Product samples; Certificate of Analysis; evidence of payment
- Weeks (lab-dependent)
- Committee approval and certificate
- NAFDAC Food/Drug Registration Committee
- On successful review, inspection and testing, NAFDAC issues a unique registration number and Certificate of Product Registration (valid 5 years).
- Passed review, inspection & testing
- Official 90 days (food) / 120 days (drugs); realistic 6-18 months
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