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Drug import dependence shrinks as local production hits 50%

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Drug import dependence shrinks as local production hits 50%
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… Stakeholders hail Adeyeye’s leadership driving local drug production… NAFDAC’s 5+5 policy spur investment as new Lagos pharma plant opensBy Chioma Obinna



Nigeria’s push to cut reliance on imported medicines gained fresh momentum on Thursday as stakeholders credited sweeping regulatory reforms for a surge in local pharmaceutical production, now estimated at 50 per cent.The commendation came at the commissioning of a new manufacturing facility by Sam Pharmaceutical Ltd in Lagos, where industr

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