Category: Publications
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PWDAN urges FG to establish more petrochemical industries
Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Distributors Association of Nigeria (PWDAN) has urged the Federal Government to focus on building more petrochemical industries to support the local manufacturing of pharmaceuticals in the country. The association complained that the country’s import dependency on pharmaceuticals is plunging it into a scarcity risk, especially with the existence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at…
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India factories closure: TB, cancer patients, others face risk over looming drug scarcity
Drug distributors and importers have expressed concerns over the rising number of COVID-19 cases in India, which has inevitably led to a massive death toll and temporary closure of factories. Among other things, they warned that patients, especially those with chronic ailments such as cancer, tuberculosis, human immunodeficiency virus, and diabetes, were at risk due…