Access to necessary medications for illnesses such as HIV/AIDS can be a struggle for patients in emerging markets like Nigeria and other African countries. With pharmacists being the first point ...
Late October 2020, Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it received a report about the US FDA’s warning on the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory ...
A sketch of the mitochondria Researchers from Mount Sinai and IBM have discovered a novel clue in explaining how cancer cells with identical genomes can respond differently to the same ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it is recommending shifting to a new treatment course in which drugs will be taken through the mouth, to treat people with ...
Many factors are responsible for the surge in drug abuse in Nigeria, Dr. Adetola Oladimeji reports... The first ever report on drug use in Nigeria that was recently released revealed ...
IDA treatment, a new triple drug therapy with the potential to reduce the time to treat and break transmission of lymphatic filariasis (LF) from at least five years down to ...
Dr. Ikpeme Neto draws attention to the non-inclusion of African subjects in locally relevant drug trials I happened upon a pharmacy benefit manager in an African country that was helping ...
'War against illicit drugs and abuse must be a collective effort by all Nigerians' Nigeria has warned manufacturers against the production of substandard drugs. The warning was contained in the ...
Until now, ivermectin was the only approved drug for the treatment of river blindness Medicines Development for Global Health (MDGH) and the World Health Organisation Special Programme for Research and Training ...
Nigerian government admits widespread codeine abuse, announces new measures The Nigerian government has placed immediate ban on the importation of codeine containing syrup to Nigeria. Codeine is the main active ...
