The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has criticised the importation of an herbal concoction from Madagascar. In a statement, Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa,...
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has criticised the importation of an herbal concoction from Madagascar.
“While in principle we would not mind the Nigerian government importing any new drug that is proven to cure COVID-19 or indeed any other disease for which we have neither the capacity nor the technology to produce locally, we are appalled that Nigeria is about to spend scarce foreign exchange to import coal into Newcastle.
“Since the outbreak of the COVID-19, a number of them have raised their voices that they have herbal and natural products that can be used to treat or manage COVID-19. Some have patents. Many herbal companies and producers have announced specifically that they have herbal formulations that can do what this ‘invention’ from Madagascar can do.
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