Hard times await drug counterfeiters with the reactivation of the Federal Task Force on counterfeit and fake drugs by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Also, 17 states of the Federation have reactivated their state Task Force.

FOLLOWING the clamp down and sealing of illegal drug markets in central Lagos, pharmacists under the aegis of the Lagos State branch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), have urged the Lagos State government to bring its full weight to bear on persons who contravene the law on the sale, distribution, and display of counterfeit and adulterated products in unregistered places or premises in Lagos State and environs.

AS part of on-going effort to accelerate overall pneumonia prevention and reduction of the unacceptably high mortality rate of pneumococcal disorders among Nigerian children, Pfizer Specialties is introducing Prevenar 13 – its brand of the PVC 13 pneumococcal conjugate vaccine into the Nigerian market.

Undoubtedly, improper disposal of medical waste in the country has become a public health concern. It used to be common sight to see all kinds of medical waste being littered anywhere, but today, the story is changing as some States’ waste management authorities and health institutions have developed regulatory approach to ensure proper management of hazardous waste.

The Lagos State government has stated that the rationale behind the closure of Idumota drug market was necessitated by the persistent defiance of government’s stipulated regulation on drug production, importation, manufacture, sales or display for sales, hawking, distribution, adulteration, and possession of drugs by illegal operators.