Nigeria

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is planning to create a 500 hectare free zone for healthcare near the Nigerian capital, Abuja. The development, which would be... 2008-07-30

The Vanguard has reported that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC) has closed down the counterfeit drug market in Onitsha, Anambra State. The... 2008-07-25

This Day quoted Minister of Labour, Dr. Hassan Muhammed Lawal, stating that despite efforts to reduce the maternal death rates, 800-1,000 out of every 100,000 pregnant women die due... 2008-07-14

The dividing line between Nigeria's prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drug markets remains blurred, according to an NOI-Gallup Poll of medicine sources used by Nigerians. Almost... 2008-05-28

Over one-third of antimalarials on sale in the private sector were found to be substandard, according to a study of six African countries where malaria is endemic, published in the... 2008-05-19

Lending weight to BMI's view that the challenging operating environment facing Nigerian drugmakers is creating a trend for diversification, another domestic player has announced a... 2008-02-01

Possibly encouraged by signs that non-communicable chronic diseases such as diabetes and cancer are on the rise in Africa, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Nigeria, a subsidiary of India's... 2007-11-29

Public health officials in Nigeria are battling to restore confidence in the country's polio vaccination programme after it was revealed that the live-attenuated vaccine strain used... 2007-10-11

Putting former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo's commitment to achieve universal healthcare by 2015 into doubt, the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme... 2007-10-02

Nigeria is looking to Chinese firms for advice on how to transform locally popular traditional African remedies into commercially successful pharmaceuticals. Chinese drugmakers have... 2007-09-21