Stakeholders warn Nigeria’s reliance on imported drug ingredients threatens medicine security

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Stakeholders warn that Nigeria’s pharmaceutical manufacturers remain dependent on imported active pharmaceutical ingredients and other raw materials, despite producing finished medicines locally. They say this reliance could undermine the country’s medicine security.

Although Nigeria has pharmaceutical companies that manufacture finished medicines, many depend on imported APIs and other raw materials to produce them. The post Stakeholders warn Nigeria’s reliance on imported drug ingredients threatens medicine security appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.