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Director of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD), Dr. Obi Adigwe, has advocated the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare delivery in the country. ....
At the three-day Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh stated that the country is "fully determined to protect its maritime interests." ....
• Delay in deploying vaccines causes virus to mutate • South Africa was smart to do clinical trials, Says Agwale • 75% doses deployed in only 10 countries • 130 countries yet to administer single dose Unlike South Africa and some developed nations, Nigeria lacks the capacity to conduct clinical trials on COVID-19 vaccines. Chairman, Expert Review Committee on COVID-19 and a consultant virologist, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, told The Guardian yesterday his committee and National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) could only test for safety and not efficacy of food and drugs to be used in the country. x Reacting to report that Nigeria was waiting to receive 16 million doses of same vaccines that South Africa had halted and the question on whether Nigeria could conduct clinical trials like S.A to ascertain the potency of vaccine before administering it, Tomori said the country had neither the ....
COVID-19: Inadequate fund affects local vaccine research, says NIPRD Friday Olokor, Abuja Nigeria has not been progressing rapidly in the local research effort towards developing vaccines to fight COVID-19 because of poor funding, the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development said on Monday. While warning the Federal Government to exercise caution and weigh all options before purchasing any of the vaccines for fighting coronavirus, the organisation raised fears that medicine security threat level in Nigeria was still very high, adding that prioritisation of local products and funding for research would help conquer the threat. The Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of NIPRD, Dr Obi Adigwe, who stated these during a press conference in Abuja, lamented that lack of adequate funding was robbing the agency of opportunity to showcase the potentials and capacity of its professionals. ....