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May & Baker Nigeria Plc has signed an agreement with the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) for the commercial production of anti-sickle cell drug, NAPRISAN.
The agreement was signed in Abuja by May & Baker Nigeria Managing Director Mr. Nnamdi Okafor and NIPRD Acting Director-General Professor Olabayo Kunle, with Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole as a witness.
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) recently ratified the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between NIPRD and May & Baker Nigeria, leading to the signing of the commercialisation agreement. Okafor said his company took on the task of producing NIPRISAN to provide succour to many homes who have been weighed down by the agony of sickle cell anaemia.
“We expect this product to be a commercial success and a leading product of our company as we intend to give it all the attention required,” Okafor said. NIPRISAN is an anti-sicklling formula discovered by NIPRD researchers several years back.
Its commercialisation in Nigeria is expected to substantially relieve the sickle cell disease burden which is responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands of people in the country yearly and has brought agony to many families.
Photo Caption: May & Baker Nigeria Managing Director Mr. Nnamdi Okafor
