National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development on The Conversation

The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) is a Nigerian institution charged with developing drugs, biological products, and pharmaceutical raw materials, conducting quality-assurance tests, research for locally manufactured medicines and constituting guidelines for their production. Founded in 1987, it was a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology. In 2001, it was moved to Federal Ministry of Health.

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L'Afrique subsaharienne est la région où la prévalence de la drépanocytose est la plus élevée. Wikimedia Common

August 13, 2023

La drépanocytose sévit en Afrique de l'Ouest : une nouvelle approche est nécessaire pour la combattre

Obi Peter Adigwe, National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development

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Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the highest prevalence of sickle cell disease. Wikimedia Commons

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Obi Peter Adigwe, National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development

The sickle cell disease burden in west Africa is among the highest in the world.

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Obi Peter Adigwe
Director General, National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development

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