The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released urgent health challenges for the next decade, urging world leaders to invest more resources in core health priorities and systems.

As part of efforts toward translating results of studies and clinical trials on natural products from the laboratory into clinical medicine, healthcare delivery and the market place

Experts have urged the government and private investors to grant import waivers and increase funding on research and education for the development of bioresources cum natural products in Nigeria. Bioresources are any resource of biological origin.

As part of activities to mark the World Pharmacists Day (WPD), pharmacists under the aegis of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Lagos Chapter, have recommended how Nigeria can achieve safe and effective medicines for all.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is the fourth major industrial era since the initial Industrial Revolution of the 18th century. It is characterized by a fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres, collectively referred to as cyber-physical systems. Nigeria must narrow the gap between the technological potential…

I wish all my readers a Happy New Year. I am happy to predict that the world, the way we know it now, a global system that has been deliberately designed and constructed in such a way that the black person on earth should not succeed, will come to a shuddering end in 2030. Before…

The College of Medicine, University of Lagos Alumni has concluded plans to position the institution as a world class centre of innovation, research, learning and teaching. Stressing that one of the visions of the college is to be great centre of learning, scholarship and training ground for men and women dedicated to the service of…

The Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy (NAP) has insisted on the production of quality, safer and more affordable medicines for treatment regimens of diseases that afflict mankind, especially those that are endemic to African region. According to President, NAP, Prince Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi, it is the duty of the academy to help the society unravel adequate and…

Exercise may be just as crucial to the well-being of people with depression as finding effective medication, suggests new research. A new study involving more than 17,000 participants found that those with high fitness in middle age were significantly less likely to die from heart disease in later life - even if they were diagnosed…

To reduce dependence on importation of quality medicine, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) and other stakeholders in the pharmaceutical industry have advocated improved investments in drugs production in the country. Citing the need for medicine security, the stakeholders noted that a country with a population size like Nigeria cannot afford to depend on importation…

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has ordered the supply of more Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) for the treatment of malnourished children, an official said. The Project Manager, Kaduna State Emergency Nutrition Action Plan, Mr Shehu Makarfi, made the plan known during an interaction with newsmen on the general overview of the project…