Abuja, Nigeria, May 1, 2018// – Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health has directed the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to ban with immediate effect, further issuance of permits for the importation of codeine as active pharmaceutical ingredient for cough preparations.
May 1, 2018//-Kenyan employers on Monday warned against another Labour Day minimum wage increase, arguing that such a move will hurt an economy that is just beginning to recover from last year’s battering.
April 30, 2018//-Emerging market (EM) economies are powering ahead in 2018, despite higher rates, market volatility, and rising fears of protectionism.
Accra, April 27, 2018//-Hundreds of workers of textile manufacturing companies in Ghana today issued a one month ultimatum to government to re-instate the anti-piracy taskforce within a month or face their wrath.
April 22, 2018//-Personnel of the Police Service aided by staff of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and Pharmacy Council, have arrested two persons who deal in the sale of Tramadol in Tamale , the Northern regional capital of Ghana.
April 21, 2018//-Fostering international development has long been viewed as central to the moral, humanitarian, strategic and security interests of the United States.
Dakar, Senegal, April 20, 2018//-SuguLab, a complementary entrepreneurial service that will be offered to start-ups and SMEs operating in West Africa, particularly Mali, Cote d’Ivoire and Sénégal, has officially been launched.
April 20, 2018//-Kaspersky Lab’s researchers have discovered evidence of an emerging and alarming trend in which more advanced cyber threat actors are turning their attention to attacks on pharmaceutical companies and the health sector at large.
April 17, 2018//-The value of goods and services produced by East African countries dropped in 2017, as the region’s GDP growth slowed to an average of 5.3 per cent, due to the adverse effects of drought and reduced credit to households and businesses.
April 16, 2018//-South Africa has been granted a licence to manufacture one of the world’s most important vaccines. It’s the first time the country will be able to do so since the mid 1990s, and is news that will result in many positive spin-offs for the country.
