Accra, Ghana//-Ghana’s immune booster manufacturer, COA Research and Manufacturing Company Limited has relaunched its immune booster and general wellbeing medicine called COA Mixture in Accra.
The relaunch was supported by the Ministers of Health, Kweku Agyeman-Manu and Trade and Industry, Alan Kyeremanten, Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Ga Mantse, among others with solidarity support from plant medicine associations and the Ghana Medication Association (GMA).
Speaking at the launch, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of COA Research and Manufacturing Company Limited, Professor Samuel Ato Duncan, said COA Mixture was a well-researched plant medicine that had been scientifically developed and approved by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA).
He used the well-attended relaunch ceremony at the Alisa Hotel to debunk the erroneous impression created by a section of the public that the COA Mixture cures HIV/AIDS.
In his own words: “It is not an HIV and AIDS drug. COA Mixture is for healthy living; it is a 100 per cent natural product from plants and without any artificial preservatives. Whether you are sick or not, you need COA Mixture for good health”.
Prof Duncan said: “COA Mixture is one of the best medicines the world has ever produced because of the numerous evidence-based testimonies from users”.
Upcoming breakthrough
He disclosed that the company was close to a medical research breakthrough in a plant medicine which could earn the country not less than $32 billion annually.
Prof Duncan added: “This will bring economic relief to the nation and also offer treatment to some diseases the world is still struggling to treat”.
To this end, he has acquired acres of land in the Ashanti Region for large production in achieving the dream of bringing huge revenue to the country.
He however declined to give details of what his company was researching on and when the product would come on stream after the research.
Patron for COA Mixture
Prof Duncan named His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II as the patron for COA Mixture, saying: “We need people to push innovation and Otumfuo Osei Tutu II happens to be the best for COA Mixture and we know with his support COA will go far”.
Prof Duncan also used the occasion to present a cheque of GH¢100,000 to the Ghana Federation of Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association (GHAFTRAM) to help members go through evaluation and registration processes for the certification of their medicines.
Excellent reviews lauded
In his address the Minister of Health, Kweku Agyeman-Manu who was represented by the Deputy Minister, Alhaji Mahama Asei Seini lauded the excellent reviews Prof Duncan gave to the COA Mixture.
He said Prof Duncan had worked closely with the Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research, the Center for Plant Medicine Research at Mampong and Food Research Institute among others to get out with the COA Mixture.
“We must all applaud companies like the COA Research and Manufacturing Company, for their pivotal role in enhancing plant medicine towards global acceptability”.
“I have keenly followed the growth of this company over the years. The commitment of Professor Ato Duncan to promoting plant medicine is worth emulating by all. He has demonstrated this commitment in many forms, including providing support to GHAFTRAM, TAMD and other institutions in the plant medicine sector,” Mr Agyeman-Manu further applauded.
Diversifying the economy
Performing the launch, Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen reiterated that the government was investing in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector as part of measures to diversify the economy.
According to him, it is an effective pharmaceutical industry would not only boost the economy but also create skilled jobs.
Mr Kyerematen noted: “For the country to depend on only two commodities — cocoa and gold — for over 100 years is clearly not sustainable. So we need to diversify our economy”.
“The country produces only about 30 per cent of our required medicines, so we import almost 70 per cent of our required drugs, which is unacceptable”.
Stigma
Touching on the stigma associated with herbal medicines in the country, Mr Kyerematen called on manufacturers to work closely with the regulatory agencies to build public confidence in their products.
“If you want to become like COA, you have to be able to subject your products to various processes, including therapeutic analysis. If you want to do mass production that will earn you income, then you need to expose your processes to technology,” he said.
Mr Kyerematen also commended COA Research and Manufacturing Company Limited for following due process in the manufacture of its medicines.
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Collaboration
The General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr Titus Kofi Beyuo, called for a collaboration between the plant medicine manufacturers and that of the association.
He said the FDA is a respected regulator globally and so once it sanctioned a product with its seal, a manufacturer would not have problems with the GMA prescribing the product for patrons.
In a speech read on his behalf by the Asakyirihene (Benkum Division) of the Kumasi Traditional Council, Nana Mensa Bonsu, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, pointed out that plant medicine was the way to go to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Three on the well-being of people.
He therefore called for support for the COA Company in its work and other plant medicine manufacturers in the country.
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