Breaking news and updates from Nigeria's pharmacy profession.
Kano State has become the first stop in a North-West pharmacovigilance tour aimed at strengthening medicine-safety structures, improving adverse drug reaction reporting and supporting stronger coordination across healthcare facilities.
NAFDAC has approved 450 young pharmacists for its Young Pharmacists Reserve Volunteers Programme after receiving 1,410 applications nationwide. The volunteers will be trained in pharmacovigilance, post-market surveillance and enforcement activities through the Agency's Narcotics and Controlled Substances Directorate, in collaboration with the Young Pharmacists Group and other stakeholders.
The NDLEA says it has destroyed 329,865.585 kg of assorted illicit drugs worth an estimated ₦301.06 billion in Lagos, including tramadol, codeine syrup, ephedrine and other opioids.
Over-the-counter medicines may not require a prescription, but safe supply still requires professional judgement. A brief, structured consultation can help pharmacists identify inappropriate treatment, medication-related risks and patients who need referral.
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has transmitted a new national work-hour policy to federal tertiary hospitals, proposing a 48-hour weekly limit and mandatory rest after calls.
Health authorities in Ghana have reported an outbreak of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis in Sefwi Wiawso Municipality, prompting renewed attention to the highly contagious eye infection and its potential implications for neighbouring countries.
NAFDAC has discontinued the registration of oral ketoconazole tablets in Nigeria following severe risks of fatal liver injury, aligning with global regulatory actions
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Bernard Mohammed Doro, has urged pharmacists, particularly younger professionals, to prepare for greater leadership responsibilities while highlighting the frontline role of community pharmacists in Nigeria’s healthcare system.
Nigeria is advancing plans to produce family planning commodities locally, as the Federal Government links domestic manufacturing to reduced import dependence, job creation and stronger human capital development.
The PSN-YPG Kaduna State chapter has commended Dialogue Pharmacy for supporting pharmacist employment, internship opportunities, professional development and workplace recognition during a courtesy visit to its leadership
NAFDAC has alerted Nigerians to a suspected counterfeit Pulmicort (budesonide) product marketed as “Ulmicort 0.5 mg/ml Inhalation Suspension”, detected in Eastern Nigeria and currently under investigation.
NAFDAC has alerted Nigerians to two suspected counterfeit products mimicking AstraZeneca’s Forxiga (dapagliflozin), detected in Eastern Nigeria, and directed surveillance and mop-up operations to remove them from circulation.
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