PCN board shake-up: Pharmacists reject reduced council, demand stronger professional representation
By Chioma Obinna The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, on Sunday rejected any attempt to weaken the professional composition of the Governing Council of the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria, PCN, warning that reducing professional representation could undermine regulation, medicine safety and public health. In a position paper signed by its National President, Pharm. Ayuba Ibrahim […]
Lassa fever resurfaces in Lagos, kills 2, 100 under surveillance
Two persons were Tuesday confirmed dead from Lassa fever at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, even as a resident doctor has been infected with the disease.
Breaking: 100 LUTH workers under observation as Lassa Fever kills two
Two persons were Tuesday confirmed death from Lassa fever at the Lagos University Teaching hospital.
5 govs’ wives team up to fight cancer
CALABAR—WIVES of five governors in the country, who are medical doctors, have joined forces to fight cancer, the ailment presently ravaging many Nigerians.
Pharmacist tasks FG on import duty, local production of drugs
The Federal government has been urged to review the duty placed on imported drugs even as well as improve infrastructural support for local manufacturers.
NAFDAC nabs 5 fakers of cough syrup, wines
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has arrested three manufacturers of fake codeine cough syrup and wines in Delta State even as it threatened to clampdown on importers, distributors and marketers still stocking banned regulated products.
