3 companies sign MoU to produce anti-snake venom drugs in Nigeria

Three companies—AMA Medical Manufacturing Company, Echitab Study Group Nigeria, and Micropharm Ltd., UK—signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Tuesday  to supply  Anti-Snake Venom (ASV)  capsules  in Nigeria.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)  reviews  that the signing ceremony, held  on the  AMA Medical Manufacturing Company in Kudenda, Kaduna, marks a  considerable  milestone  withinside the  nation's efforts to  regionally  manufacture  those  critical  medications.

Speaking  on the  MOU signing ceremony, Prof. Nasidi Abdulsalami, Chairman of AMA Medical Manufacturing Company,  defined  the  settlement  as a  considerable  leap forward  for the country.


"The MOU signing  these days  serves as  the start  of self-sufficiency for the product  now no longer  most effective  withinside the  country,  however the  whole  continent  due to the fact  nations  appearance  as much as  Nigeria for  appropriate  leadership."

"I am proud to announce that the World Health Organisation has  examined  all of the  ASV  capsules  to be had  withinside the  global  and  discovered  out that our ASV, for which  we're  growing  this partnership  these days  with micropharm, is the best. Micropharm  merchandise  which can be  produced  withinside the  UK are the best;  the second one  is  the only  produced  through  Costa Rica."

Prof. Nasidi Abdulsalami praised Dr. Nandul Durfa, the Managing Director of Echitab Study Group Nigeria, for his unwavering  willpower  to the  aim  of  regionally  generating  Anti-Snake Venom (ASV)  capsules  in Nigeria. 



Abdulsalami  mentioned  that the  success  marked a  considerable  milestone that  have to  be celebrated,  because it  supplied  a long-awaited  method to  a  continual  problem.

Mr. Lan Cameroon, Chief Executive Officer of Micropharm, expressed his gratitude for the signing of the MOU and lamented  the continuing  shortage  of ASV  capsules  withinside the  country. He  stated  that the  look for  ASV  capsules  in Nigeria  started  withinside the  early  Nineteen Seventies  while  Prof. David Wanns of ABU, Zaria, took a  stay  snake from Nigeria to Liverpool,  wherein  the primary  venom  changed into  extracted for production. Cameroon  additionally  said  that with  neighborhood  production, the  price  of ASV  capsules  could  extensively  decrease, and  the medicine  could  come to be  extra  without difficulty  to be had .

Mr. Marc Nassar of Von hram remarked that the MoU  could  introduce new  era  into Nigeria, noting that his organization,  recognized  for its  information  in  handling  era ,  changed into  the primary  to  deliver  superior  era  to  the present  AMA plant. He expressed optimism that the collaboration  could  harness this  information  to  acquire  success.


My  call  is Aghogho Udi, a writer, journalist, and researcher, deeply intrigued  through  the political  economic system  of Nigeria and  the wider  African context. My  awareness  lies in  dropping  mild  at the  complicated  connections  among  macroeconomics and politics,  presenting  treasured  insights that foster comprehension of Africa's  winning  monetary  panorama  and  the arena  in general.

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