The newly elected President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, has pledged among other things to ensure that the increased reliance on local production of drugs as enshrined in the national health and drug policies are pursued determinedly to help promote national security and create more jobs for pharmacists in the…

The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki has said that effective collaboration and transparent leadership can improve the healthcare system in the country. Speaking at the 91st Annual National Conference of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Saraki urged different stakeholders under the health sector to harmonise themselves, so as to work to achieve…

Towards resolving the age-long rivalry among health professional in the country, the Association of Professional Bodies (APBN) has solicited support of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) to end the conflict for the well being of the patients. The APBN president, Dr Idris Omede who led his members on a friendly visit to the president…

Chief Oludolapo Ibukun Akinkugbe, CFR can be regarded as the doyen of pharmaceutical practice in Nigeria having qualified as a pharmacist from the School of Pharmacy in Yaba in 1949. For his pioneering and entrepreneurial trailblazing efforts in the nation’s pharmaceutical manufacturing sector, as the pioneer General Secretary of the defunct Nigerian Union of Pharmacists…

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) and the Nigeria Representative of Overseas Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (NIROPHARM) have blamed weak regulatory control and extremely poor funding of regulatory agencies for the ongoing drug abuse crisis in the country. Immediate Past President of PSN and member of the Executive Council of the Society, Olumide Akintayo, yesterday told The…

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has warned the Federal Government on the dangers of planned move of drug matters from the exclusive list to the concurrent list and failure to meet the demands of health workers by February 29. The pharmacists, in a communiqué issued after its first national council meeting held at the…

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has commended Fidson Healthcare on giant strides the company is making in local manufacturing of essential medicines. President PSN, Ahmed Ibrahim Yakasai, who led a powerful team of some National Executive Council (NEC) members of the Society to a familiarization visit of reportedly the biggest pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in…

As part of its mandate to eradicate drug abuse and misuse across the country, President, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) Ahmed Yakasai, has said they are currently working on a proposal for the establishment of National Rehabilitation Centre .....

The Country Director, Pharmaccess Foundation, Nigeria, Njideka Obijiaku said the pharmaceutical sector has been overlooked, especially the community pharmacists who are closest to the people.

United States based pharmacist, Dr. Christian Ike, has posited that it is difficult for pharmacists in standard practice especially at initial startup to break even in the midst of ubiquitous Patent Medicine Vendors (PMV).

President PSN, Ahmed I. Yakasai, and National Secretary PSN, Gbologade Iyiola, in a press statement noted: “We are particularly delighted that the President looked fit, hale and hearty on his return which is an eloquent testimony of...

Similarly, the Chairman, Lagos State Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Adeniran Bolanle urged the Federal Government to appoint a new Director-General for the National Agency for Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC).