In August ----, the World Health Organisation (WHO) deployed expert staff to Nigeria for emergency operations, coordination and data management to help in a ramped-up effort in dealing with urgent health problems among populations in areas formerly held by Boko Haram insurgents. In August ----, the Ministry of Health launched a polio vaccination campaign in the northeast, after two fresh cases of the virus were discovered there in the previous month. In June ----, the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) asked the Nigerian government to waiver import duties on raw materials used in the drug manufacturing process in the wake of the devaluated naira. In June ----, Nigeria s Minister of Health Isaac Adewole reported that the government concluded plans to disburse USD-.-mn to each of the -- states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory for the financing of primary healthcare system. Also in June, Nigeria-based pharmaceutical company Fidson Healthcare announced the completion of a new World Health Organization (WHO)-compliant manufacturing plant. ...In June ----, Nigeria s Minister of Health Isaac Adewole reported that the government concluded plans to disburse USD-.-mn to each of the -- states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory for the financing of primary healthcare system. Also in June, Nigeria-based pharmaceutical company Fidson Healthcare announced the completion of a new World Health Organization (WHO)-compliant manufacturing plant.
...� Business Monitor International Ltd Page - Pharmaceutical SWOT Analysis - Continued The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Group of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria plans to construct a testing laboratory for raw pharmaceutical ingredients, which should be cheaper than relying on foreign facilities. Reduced treatment costs for HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis medicines supplied by multinationals provide expansion opportunities. ...� Business Monitor International Ltd Page - Pharmaceutical SWOT Analysis - Continued The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Group of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria plans to construct a testing laboratory for raw pharmaceutical ingredients, which should be cheaper than relying on foreign facilities. Reduced treatment costs for HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis medicines supplied by multinationals provide expansion opportunities. Increased investment inflows likely, due to ongoing reorganisation by the Ministry of Health and the National Council on Health. ...Increased investment inflows likely, due to ongoing reorganisation by the Ministry of Health and the National Council on Health. High levels of HIV/AIDS to stimulate the development of the local drug industry s capacity for the production of generic antiretroviral drugs.
...Pharmaceutical market vastly underdeveloped by Western standards. Lack of meaningful patent legislation or pricing and reimbursement system. ...
