Drug supply management is performed centrally in Drug Regulatory Affairs of MOH including drug selection, registration, procurement, distribution, pricing and subsidization, GMP control, and rational use of medicines.
This study assesses the level of transparency and potential vulnerability to corruption in four essential functions of Nigeria's pharmaceutical sector: registration, procurement, inspection, and distribution.
All drug supply management including registration, procurement, inspection, quality control and post marketing control could be done for a drug that it is accepted to be in Iran drug list.
This study assessed the perceived level of transparency and potential vulnerability to corruption that exists in four essential areas of Nigeria's pharmaceutical sector: registration, procurement, inspection (divided into inspection of ports and of establishments), and distribution.
The registration, procurement, inspection of ports, inspection of establishments, and distribution points of Nigeria's pharmaceutical system received scores of 5.8, 8.9, 6.4, 7.0, and 8.9 respectively, out of a maximum of 10 points.
ii) How can stakeholders use the information available in the system, e.g., price, availability, quality, utilization, registration, procurement, in a transparent way towards improving access and use of medicines?
It is encouraging that most of the wholesalers consider Cambodian registration during procurement when receiving consignments because medicines without registration were significantly associated with counterfeit medicines in an earlier study [ 16].
A statistically significant association was found between wholesalers who were not aware of the requirement and those who do not consider Cambodian registration during procurement (Chi-square: 4.29, P = 0.05).
Governance of the pharmaceutical sector is related to eight functions (Kohler and Baghdadi-Sabeti 2011): registration, selection, procurement, distribution, licensing of pharmaceutical establishment, inspection, control of promotion and control of clinical trials.
The association found among wholesalers who were unaware of up-to-date regulatory information and those do not consider Cambodian registration during procurement may signify that some information gaps exist among stakeholders.
In addition to interviews, the evaluators reviewed reports collected during program implementation, such as site improvement reports, training assessment reports, drug registration and procurement reports, and information related to the availability of misoprostol.
