Stakeholders warn Nigeria’s reliance on imported drug ingredients threatens medicine security

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Participants at a stakeholder meeting on accelerating the shift to domestic active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) production for priority essential medicines in Nigeria, organised by Nigeria Health Watch in partnership with the World Bank Group in Abuja on Friday

Although Nigeria has pharmaceutical companies that manufacture finished medicines, many depend on imported APIs and other raw materials to produce them.

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