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Call for Nomination: Young Pharmacist of the Year 2020
It is that time of the year again, when the Pharmacy community decides who becomes the Pharmanews Young Pharmacist of the Year, with their...
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Custom laments influx of fake drugs, reiterates commitment to war against...
The Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa Area Command has lamented what it described as the influx of fake pharmaceutical products into Nigeria and therefore called...
Researchers locate secretive new organs between nose and throat
A team of researchers in the Netherlands says they have discovered what may be a set of previously unidentified organs at the centre of...
How COVID-19 virus enters human cells
Australian researchers have discovered another pathway the COVID-19 virus uses to get into human cells, which may explain the high infection rate of the...
Children’s Brains Lack Maturity to Process Emotions, Scientists Find
It's so funny how a baby horse starts walking seconds after birth but our baby's brains aren't even done cooking, this made researchers from...
Experts’ Link Consumption of Sugary Drinks to Cardiovascular Diseases
A new study investigated by researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found that regular intake of sugary drinks can...
COVID-19: Scientists Warn Over Signs of ‘Vaccine Hesitancy’
Scientists have called for urgent action to improve public trust in immunisation as research suggested sizeable minorities in some nations may be reluctant to...
#ENDSARS: Omoluabi 2020 Will Hold as Scheduled- CPC
In spite of the nationwide peaceful protests embarked upon by Nigerian youths toward ending police brutality and disbandment of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, the...
118 new cases of Coronavirus recorded in Nigeria
118 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Monday October 19, as confirmed by 118 new cases of Coronavirus recorded in Nigeriathe...
#EndSARS protest: Nigerians should prepare for increased Coronavirus cases – FG
The Federal Government has asked Nigerians to prepare for increased number of Coronavirus cases following the widespread #EndSARS protest across the country.
Chairman of the...
What do you Understand by Epinephrine?
Epinephrine produces all of the following effects EXCEPT:
a) Positive inotropic and chronotropic actions on the heart (beta1 receptor)
b) Increase peripheral resistance (alfa receptor)
c) Predominance...
No Rapid Test Kit Approved for COVID-19 in Nigeria Yet, Council...
The Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria, MLSCN, has warned against the use of non-validated rapid test kits in the country, saying none is...
Tuberculosis: Global Progress Hampered Due to COVID-19 Pandemic – Report
Apart from the pandemic, the fight against TB has been chronically underfunded in the last few years.
A new report has shown that global targets...
Africa’s Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Pass 1.63m
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide passed 40 million on Monday, according to an AFP tally at 0715 GMT based on official sources.
A...
NCDC Confirms 133 New Cases of COVID-19, Two Deaths
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has reported 133 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 with two deaths on Sunday.
This comes as the nation...
EU Appproves First Injectable HIV drug
The European Union’s medicines regulator on Friday gave the green light for the first injectable treatment for the HIV that causes AIDS, which could...
FG Orders Compulsory COVID-19 Tests for Corps Members
The Federal Government has recently announced the reopening of all National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camps and ordered a compulsory COVID-19 test for all...
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PHARMACY PRACTICE
How we Fortified NAPPSA’s Foundation in Communication, Education, Alliances – Egbujiobi
Dr Leo Egbujiobi is the immediate past president of the Nigerian Association of Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Scientists in the Americas (NAPPSA). In this exclusive...
COMMUNITY PHARMACY
Pharmacists are Unsung Heroes of COVID-19 Outbreak – Emereonye
In every war, those at the frontline suffer the most. The COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. Pharmacists have been vital healthcare providers in the...
INDUSTRY NEWS
May & Baker Introduces Malact, New Malaria Medicine
Nigeria’s leading pharmaceutical manufacturer, May & Baker Nigeria Plc has introduced a new anti-malarial medicine that promises to revolutionize malaria disease treatment in the...
God Wants You Rich
The question has often been asked by people of God as to whether God wants us rich or not. I believe that the answer...
