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Department of Pharmaceutical Services
 

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Department of Pharmaceutical Services

Department Functions
  • Collaborate with Pharmacist Council of Nigeria (PCN) to inspect Pharmacy Premises in the State to ensure compliance with standards and regulations of Pharmacist Council of Nigeria (PCN).
  • Monitor, control and regulate the activities of Patent Medicine Vendors in the State;
  • Collaborate with NDLEA, NAFDAC and other relevant agencies to conduct campaign against drug abuse and misuse;
  • Collaborate with NDLEA, NAFDAC and other relevant agencies to seal off illegal premises, confiscate counterfeit and fake drugs and sanction appropriately errant owners of illegal premises;
  • Warehousing drugs and consumables for public health facilities;
  • Develop and circulate essential drug lists and formulary for the State;
  • Develop drug policies responsive to population medication needs and other pharmaceutical services;
  • Pharmacognosy and Herbal garden;
  • Collaborate with the department of health supply chain & Health Investment to enforce compliance with quality and safety standards in pharmaceutical supplies to the population.
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