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NAFDAC collaborates with UI on ensuring quality medicines
The management of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, and the Centre for Drug Discovery, Development and Production, CDDDP, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan have entered into an agreement aimed at controlling the sharp practices in the drug production sector in the country and improve the quality of drugs.
Professional character and integrity in pharmacy practice (By Dr Lolu Ojo)
Let’s be blunt. Customers are the best judges of professionalism, not academic qualifications or certifying boards. Not everyone who practises a profession will be called a professional by the customers. And, while we may not all agree on who qualifies as a “professional”, most people know when they’ve been served by one. They also know when the person serving them, no matter the level of training and certification, is being less than ‘professional’ in their performance.
UI Pharmacy faculty inducts 40 graduands
No fewer than 40 Pharmacy students were recently inducted into the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) by the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, at a ceremony held at the school’s lecture theatre.
The glamorous occasion, which took place on 3 July, 2014, had several students, parents, pharmacists, pharmacy professors and members of the PCN in attendance.
Worries as strike, fake drugs thrive
As 2015 begins, practitioners in health want the Federal Government to show more commitment in the sector, BUKOLA ADEBAYO reports
UI Collaborates with Reckitt Benckiser to Organize International Conference on Regulation of Medicinal Products Claims
Towards achieving a health care system with proper regulation of medicinal products claims, the Center for Drug Discovery, Development and Production (CDDDP) University of Ibadan, Nigeria in conjunction with Reckitt-Benckiser organized a three-day international conference tagged ‘Medicine Regulation of Claims: From Concept to Launch”.
Secrets of body language in pharmaceutical practice (By Oladipupo Macjob)
The ability to successfully read concealed emotions through an individual’s body language is very important in all aspects of life. The skill has a wide application “from the board room to the bar-room to the bedroom”. Especially for anyone involved in a business dealing with people, such as Pharmacy, a sound knowledge of body language skills is a major advantage.