PSN partners NAFDAC, Customs against fake drugs

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria is collaborating with Nigeria Customs Service and the National Agency for Foods and Drugs Administration and Control on how to apply the use of blockchain technology to fight importation of substandard, fake and falsified drugs.

PSN President Yakasai said this weekend while newsmen on Ahmed in Lagos briefing the 91st national conference of the society holding in Ibadan.

He spoke against the backdrop of the recent revelations that some Chinese drugs with human flesh were in circulation.

He urged the Federal Government must to implement the National Drug Policy.

He said the theme of the conference, “Innovative Disruption in Pharmacy In Emerging Economies: A Roadmap For Nigeria”, would be attended by 5,000 pharmacists across country and beyond.

He said the theme was carefully chosen to advance the national discourse on survival and significance in a time of rapid and turbulent change.

“Whether you are disruptively innovating or defending against disruptive challenger, we must do things differently to move from good to great as a profession and as a country. We must develop new model that would the replace the old model”, he added.

He said there had been a new improved relationship among healthcare practitioners in the country with the recent meetings by the PSN and the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) on the need to foster interprofessional rapport.

According to him, healthcare practitioners must work together in the interest of patients in order to improve the quality of health of the nation.