Posted on: Mon 21-08-2023

The Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, and the Registrar, Pharmacy Council of Nigeria, Babashehu Ahmed, have reiterated the need for ethical drug distribution in the country.

The NAFDAC DG and PCN registrar stressed that the ethical distribution of pharmaceuticals is crucial to winning the fight against fake, adulterated, and spurious medicines.

The regulatory body’s helmsmen also called for more investment in ethical wholesale drug distribution.

This was as the regulators also lauded the commitment of the Board and Management of New Heights Pharmaceuticals — an indigenous healthcare firm, for investing in ethical wholesale drug distribution.

Speaking in Lagos on Friday during the commissioning of an ultra-modern wholesale drug distribution facility established by New Heights Pharmaceuticals in Ilupeju, the NAFDAC DG and PCN registrar stressed that the establishment would help to bolster the fight against fake drugs.

According to the NAFDAC DG, the newly commissioned facility will help the fight against fake, unwholesome and adulterated medicines.

Speaking in the same vein, the Registrar, Pharmacy Council of Nigeria lauded New Heights for establishing the wholesale drug distribution facility in the heart of Lagos, noting that the facility will fast-track the agency’s drive against all illegal drug distribution networks in the state.

Ahmed, who was represented by Dr Ukamaka Okafor, PCN Coordinator, Lagos Office, said that the facility was in line with the new National Drug Distribution Guidelines and in tandem with the goal of the PCN for Lagos State.

He disclosed that the implementation of the National Drug Distribution Guidelines in Kano State had been effective, with the closure of open drug markets and relocation of certified distributors to Coordinated Wholesale Centres

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