A two-day forum to review the prices of medicines on the NHIS Medicines List has ended in Accra. The annually convened stakeholder forum reviews and adjusts prices of medicines the NHIA pays to its service providers. The review is to ensure that prices the NHIA pays for medicines on the NHIS Medicines List reflect market … Read more
Mr. Isaac Adupong, Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) has reminded health professionals that selling of expired or almost expired drugs to patients was illegal and criminal transgression. He said: “Pharmacies are to report any drug close to expiry to the Food and Drugs Authority. There is a procedure to … Read more
Local pharmaceutical manufacturers are scaling up their investment in plants, machinery and new technologies in order to increase their share of the market, currently dominated by imports from mainly India and China, to 60 percent. Imports currently account for about 70 percent of all pharmaceutical products consumed in the country, while local production accounts for … Read more
One of Ghana’s leading pharmaceutical players, Ernest Chemists Limited, has once again been honoured as the OTC Distributor of the Year for sub-Saharan Africa. The award recognition is by the Consumer Wing of the world’s largest pharmaceutical company by market value and sales, Johnson and Johnson (J&J). The awards ceremony, under the ‘One Team, One … Read more
Local pharmaceutical manufacturers have expressed worry over outstanding debts owed drug suppliers by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), saying the situation is hampering business operations. Speaking in an exclusive interview with the B&FT, the Managing Director of Dannex Limited, Yaw Opare-Asamoah, indicated that the situation stands as the greatest challenge facing drug supply, and … Read more
Ernest Chemists Limited, Ghana’s leading pharmaceutical player, has once again been honoured as the OTC Distributor of the Year (Sub Saharan Africa) for the Consumer Wing of the world’s largest pharmaceutical company by market value and sales, Johnson and Johnson (J &J). The awards ceremony, under the ‘One Team, One Voice, One Future Accelerated Sustainable … Read more
Logos of Japanese Takeda Pharmaceutical Co are seen at an office building in Glattbrugg near Zurich Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (4502. T) said on Monday it would buy cancer drug maker Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc (ARIA.O) in a deal valued at $5.20 billion, to beef up its oncology pipeline. Ariad stock was up 74.7 percent … Read more
The Government and Hospitals Pharmacists Association (GHOSPA) has called off its strike following a successful negotiation with government. A statement from the Ministry of Health said “the Ministry of Health wishes to commend Members of the Government Hospital Pharmacists Association (GHOSPA) for accepting to call off their strike to enable stakeholders involved to resolve their … Read more
Medicines – Watch where you buy them Medicine has two basic meanings, it first refers to the Science of Healing; the practice of the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease, and the promotion of health, and secondly, medications, drugs andbsubstances used to treat and cure diseases and to promote health. From the use of herbs … Read more
Before now, there have been suggestions that local industries should be supported in order to produce guaranteed pharmaceutical products for local utilisation, because no nation progresses by importing everything it uses without the local content. This has made the opinion expressed by Prof. Temitope Alonge, recently signifying that expensive drugs can be a thing of … Read more
Imagine seeing your child suffering from malaria, one of the biggest killers of children across the world. Symptoms include high fever, sweating, vomiting and convulsions. But it’s OK, you think, because you bought medicine to combat the disease from a local drugs market. Now imagine what it must be like to see your child die … Read more
The Chamber of Pharmacists has blamed the Health ministry for the protracted industrial action by the Government Hospital Pharmacists Association (GHOSPA). Pharmacies in the various public hospitals have been locked up due to the strike which is mainly over enhanced conditions of service. The strike has left many patients in dire need of some prescription … Read more