XKEM 21st is the day. why? March 3rd, 2006 Obasanjo to launch locally produced sickle cell drug
President Olusegun Obasanjo will by June launch NIPRISAN (HEMOXIN(TM)), the locally produced drug for sickle cell disorder.
The president will also use the occasion to commission Xechem International Inc. factory in the country in a move seen as a landmark investment in Nigeria. The company owns the exclusive rights to NIPRISAN
The drug NIPRISAN (HEMOXIN(TM), which is at present, undergoing final stage of registration with NAFDAC is a phyto-pharmaceutical drug for the treatment of patients suffering from Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). SCD is an insidious and painful genetic blood disorder often resulting in death at an early age.
Representative in Nigeria, Dr. Abdou Moudi symbolically hands over the computers and accessories to the Director-General of NAFDAC, Dr. (Mrs)Dora Akunyili
schedule 12.20–12.40 Country report Nigeria Dora Akunyili (tbc) NAFDAC, Nigeria
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