[FILES] A lady looks at hand sanitiser on a shelf at a pharmacy. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), yesterday, cautioned Edo people against patronising drugs sold in unregistered outlets, saying they were dangerous and their authenticity could not be guaranteed due to poor handling and other factors.
Registrar of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), Elijah Mohammed, gave the charge during inspection of Patent and Proprietary Medicines Vendors Shop (PPMVs) and pharmacies in Benin City, the state capital. x
He stressed that many operating unregistered outlets do not have the requisite knowledge to handle ethical medicines and substance abuse.
Ahead of its official inauguration next week, the Pharmaceutical Wholesalers & Distributors Association of Nigeria, PWDAN, has identified the dislodgment of a systematic drug distribution since Nigeria’s independence as the greatest challenge in the practice of pharmacy in the country
Views: Visits 6 By Chioma Obinna Ahead of its official inauguration next week, the Pharmaceutical Wholesalers & Distributors Association of Nigeria, PWDAN, has identified the dislodgment of a systematic drug distribution since Nigeria’s independence as the greatest challenge in the practice of pharmacy in the country. PWDAN decried that over time the dislodgment has resulted in what it described as an unending chaotic drug distribution that has promoted circulation of fake, adulterated products, and treatment failures among others. Making this assertion during a forum to announce the formal inauguration of PWDAN this week, the Chairman, of PWDAN, Pharm. Ernest Okafor regretted that lack of political will on the part of the Nigerian government has remained unchanged amidst the development and best practices required by the World Health Organisation, WHO.
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