By Dapo Ipoola

According to the professionals in the industry, “Pharmaceutical industry is an industry involved in medicine that discovers, develops, produces, and markets pharmaceutical goods for use as drugs that function by being administered to or self-administered by patients using such medications with the goal of curing or preventing diseases as well as possibly alleviating symptoms of illness or injury.

Pharmaceutical companies may deal in generic medications and medical devices without the involvement of intellectual property, in brand materials that are specifically tied to a given company’s history, or in both, within different contexts. The industry has various subdivisions which include distinct areas such as manufacturing biologicals that are all subject to a variety of laws and regulations that govern the entire financial processes including the patenting, efficacy testing, safety evaluation, and marketing of these drugs.

“In historical terms, a pharmaceutical industry as an intellectual concept arose within the middle to late 1800s, inside of certain nation-states with developed economies such as Germany, Switzerland, and the United States, given that multiple businesses engaging in synthetic organic chemistry, such as a number of firms generating dyestuffs derived from coal tar on a large scale, sought out new applications of their artificial materials in terms of human health. This tend to increased capital investment that occurred in tandem with the scholarly study of pathology as a field advancing significantly, and a variety of businesses to set up cooperative relationships with academic laboratories, evaluating human injury and diseases.”

Just as the saying goes that health is wealth, safeguarding one’s health is paramount and crucial for a healthy living. Without sound health, man’s daily activity will be stalled and life itself becomes unliveable. And to leave well, one must eat well. Drugs and other supplements may be needed for the benefit of sound health, and here comes the help of pharmaceuticals so as to aid and ensure healthy life style. Many pharmaceutical products have proven veritable for wellness, and Tuyil pharmaceutical company produces a wide range of products to help stabilise health. In the pharmaceutical industry, Tuyil pharmaceutical products like antibiotics, analgesics, multivitamins, boogo tablet, deska tablet, dexamethasone, paracetamol syrup, vamirex syrup, and veterinary and other products take the lead in the market. Like other giant and leading pharmaceutical companies- May and Baker, Fidson healthcare, GlaxoSmithKline, and Neimeth, Tuyil pharmaceutical sits side-by-side along these noble giants in the drug manufacturing industry.

As it is believed that an empty bag can not stand, it is therefore pertinent to pause and acknowledge the brain behind this enigmatic drugs manufacturing company. Though the Chairman/CEO is an easy-going person who loves privacy but his brainchild- entrepreneurial investments, magnanimity have accentuated and made him obtrusive in the media. Senior Apostle Oluwole Awotuyi, the founder/CEO of Tuyil Pharmaceuticals is a useful vessel in the vineyard of God, and everything about him is a vessel of honour unto his Maker- the Almighty. With his chain of businesses, he is one of the highest employers of labour in Kwara State; and his enterprising penchant cuts across real estate, tourism, hospitality, and broadcasting. His Diamond FM/TV enjoys the listening of the populace, both in Kwara and Osun States. Through his Oluwole Foundation, countless number of hopeless individuals have been uplifted and given hope, as his philanthropic gestures have created job opportunities, established and expanded businesses for the less privileged, sponsored many hapless students in the tertiary institutions both within and outside the shore of Nigeria, paid medical bills for the sick, provided social amenities to needy communities, and constructed worship centres, irrespective of belief. Within and outside Kwara, his name exudes delight and ecstasy amongst the young and old because they believe that he stands for succour and relief.

Many have wondered that why does he take gleeful delight in giving but a closer observation shows that he believes that, “Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others. Help others without any reason and give without the expectation of receiving anything in return. Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth, and it’s easier to take than to give. It’s nobler to give than to take. The thrill of taking, lasts a day. The thrill of giving, lasts a lifetime.” Senior Apostle Oluwole Awotuyi is known for his heart of gold as this has always prompted him to find a need and filled it. And his unusual gesture of kindness must have been informed by the words of Israelmore Ayivor who said, “Giving does not only preceed receiving; it is the reason for it. It is in giving that we receive.”

Dapo Ipoola, a media consultant wrote in from llorin, Kwara State.