AGENDA 2024

10:30am - 10:40am

 

Official Opening Ceremony

Director of Ceremony

Pharm Abimbola Adebakin - Founder & CEO, Advantage Health Africa / PR Secretary, Healthcare Federation of Nigeria (HFN)

10:40am - 10:45am

 

Welcome Address

Jamie Hill - MD, BtoB Events Ltd.

10:45am - 10:50am

 

Address by the Chairman

Conference Planning Committee

Ahmed I Yakasai - mni, FPSN, FNAPharm (Kachallan Kano), Managing Director, Pharmaplus Nigeria Ltd

10:50am - 11:20am

 

Goodwill Messages

Babashehu Ibrahim Ahmed - FPSN, FPC, Registrar, Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN)

Abdul Rauf - Registrar, Pharmacy Council of Ghana

Ngono Mballa Rose - Director General, Lanacome Cameroon

James Kommeh - Head of Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone

Dr Pamela Ajayi - President, Healthcare Federation of Nigeria (HFN)

11:20am - 11:35am

 

Address by the President of the

Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria

Cyril O Usifoh - FPSN, FNAPharm, President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria

11:35am - 11:50am

 

Official Opening of the Exhibition & Conference

Special Guest Honour

Mojisola Adeyeye FPSN, FNAPharm, Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)

11:50am - 12:00pm

 

Vote of Thanks

Conference Planning Committee

Maureen Ebigbeyi, FPSN Managing Director of Zahex Ltd

12:00pm - 01:00pm

 

Exhibition Visit

01:00pm - 03:30pm

 

Session 1

Leveraging New Frontiers in Pharma to Drive Universal Health Coverage

01:10pm - 01:40pm

 

Leveraging New Frontiers in Pharma to Drive Universal Health Coverage

Master of Ceremony

Pharm Sesan Ahmed Kareem, CEO Hubcare

Chairman of the Session

Dr Njide Ndili, Country Director, PharmAccess Nigeria

Keynote Speaker

Pharm Clare Omatseye - FPSN, FNAPharm, Managing Director, JNC, International Ltd

01:40pm - 01:55pm

 

Pharma Regulations: Supportive or Stifling the sector?

Babashehu Ibrahim Ahmed - FPSN, Registar, Pharmacy Council of Nigeria

01:10pm - 01:40pm

 

The Role of NAFDAC in driving Universal

Health Coverage vis-a-vis 5 plus 5 policy

Uche Sonny-Afoekelu - Director, R&R, NAFDAC

02:10pm - 02:25pm

 

The Role of the National Health Insurance Act (NHIA) 2022 in the Attainment of Universal Health Coverage

Olamide Okulaja - Technical Assistant to the Lagos State Honorable Commissioner of Health and Health Economist at the Lagos State Ministry of Health

02:25pm - 02:40pm

 

Branding of NHIS Medicines by Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

Jimmy Adeyeye Arigbabuwo - Former President of the Healthcare Providers Association of Nigeria (HCPAN) and National Chairman HCPAN Committee on NHIA & Health Insurance Matters

02:40pm - 03:15pm

 

Panel and Audience Engagement - Q and A Session

03:20pm - 03:25pm

 

Vote of Thanks

Olamide Okulaja - Technical Assistant to the Lagos State Honorable Commissioner of Health and Health Economist at the Lagos State Ministry of Health

03:15pm - 03:30pm

 

Day 1 Closing Remarks

Ahmed I Yakasai - MNI, FPSN, FNAPharm (Kachallan Kano), Managing Director, Pharmaplus Nigeria Ltd, Chairman, Conference Planning Committee

11:00

11:00am - 11:05am

 

Welcome Address, Day 1 recap

Chairman, Conference Planning Committee

Pharm Ahmed I Yakasai, mni, FPSN, FNAPharm (Kachallan Kano), Managing Director, Pharmaplus Nigeria

11:00am - 11:05am

 

Session 2

Master of Ceremony

Chamberlain Onuoha - Deputy Lead, Peltom Global services

Chairman of the Session

Tolulope Adewole - CEO, NSIA Advanced Medical Services Ltd (MedServe)

Keynote Speaker

Olufunke Falade - Consultant, Nig Infrastructure Fund NSIA

11:25am - 11:40am

 

Leveraging Strategic Partnerships for Industry-Wide Growth

Ken Onuegbu - National Chairman, National Association of Industrial Pharmacists (NAIP)

11:40am - 11:55am

 

Research and Innovation: A Growth Catalyst for the Pharma Sector

Chimezie Anyakora - CEO, Bloom Public Health

11:55am - 12:10pm

 

Supply Chain in Pharma Industry

Mr Naveen Pala, Managing Director, Worldwide Healthcare Ltd

12:10pm - 12:25pm

 

Supply Chain

Azuka Okeke, African Resource Centre

12:10pm - 12:25pm

 

Vote of Thanks

Adham Yehia, Co-founder/President, Drugstoc

12:35pm - 13:30pm

 

Panel and Audience Engagement - Q and A Session

Exhibition Visit

Session 3
Master of Ceremony

Pharm Mobolaji Ajayi, MD/CEO, Purelife Health and Transcend Pharma

Chairman of Session

Sammy Ogunjimi, Group Managing Director, Codix

13:30pm - 13:50pm

 

Making the Business of Healthcare Profitable and impactful

Keynote Speaker

Pharm Abimbola Adebakin - CEO, Advantage Health Africa/PR Secretary, Healthcare Federation of Nigeria (HFN)

13:50pm - 14:05pm

 

Leveraging Technology to improve Pharma Sector

Pharm Lekan Asuni - Former Managing Director, GSK Pharma, Nigeria and MD/CEO, Lefas Group

14:05pm - 14:20pm

 

Attracting more Financial Investments to the Pharma Sector

Mr Afolabi Adetola - CEO, Carna Health Investments Limited

14:05pm - 14:20pm

 

Brain Drain: To go or to stay? The Bane of Human Resource Management in Pharma

Pharma, Prof Lere Baale - CEO, Business School Netherlands

14:35pm - 14:50pm

 

Panel and Audience Engagement - Q and A Session

14:50pm - 15:20pm

 

Day 2 Closing Remarks

Pharm Ahmed I Yakasai - MNI, FPSN, FNAPharm (Kachallan Kano), Managing Director, Pharmaplus Nigeria Ltd, Chairman, Conference Planning Committee

15:25pm - 15:30pm

 

Vote of Thanks

Dr Chibuzo Opara - Co-founder/CEO, Drugstoc

10:45

11:00am - 11:20am

 

Welcome Address

Chairman, Conference Planning Committee

Ogheneochuko Omaruaye, Chairman, PWDAN and CEO, New Heights Pharma

11:20am - 11:40am

 

Good Will Messages

11:40am - 12:00pm

 

View of a Retail Pharmacist.

Mrs. Margaret Baale, MD Justrite Pharma

12:00pm - 12:20pm

 

View of a Hospital Pharmacist

Mrs. Margaret O. Obono, Retired. Director of Pharmaceutical Services, National Orthopedic Services

12:20pm - 12:40pm

 

View of a Pharmaceutical Importer/Distributor.

Pharm. Uche Nwanna, MD, Sylken Ltd

12:40pm - 13:20pm

 

Audience interaction with Question and Answers

Nigerian Pharma Import Strategic Playbook: Opt In or Go Out

Adetayo Oduwole, Head of Free Zones Operations, Alaro City

View of a Pharmaceutical Importer/Distributor.

13:40pm - 14:00pm

 

Vote of Thanks

Olaide Seotan - Secretary PWDAN