The Anambra State Chapter of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, has called on the state government to create a drug management agency as part of steps to bring an end to the regime of substandard and counterfeit drug distribution in the state.
PSN made the call through its state Chairman, Pharmacist Emeka Okpana during a press briefing to mark World Pharmacists Day in Awka where he said the establishment of a Distribution Management Agency, DMA, will help reshape the drug distribution landscape and will in time, make the state a model for other states in Nigeria.
Pharmacist Okpala commended the state government for the ongoing construction of Coordinated Wholesale Distribution Center in Oba which he said will be a game-changer when completed, but harped on the importance of a holistic implementation of the National Drug Distribution Guideline.
The celebration of the World Pharmacists Day marked annually on September 25 commenced in Anambra yesterday with a public lecture organized by the Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Chapter, Nnewi with a keynote speech delivered by the Dean, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Professor Sunny Nduka.
