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This new edition has added much to its predecessor. Enjoy it as you read its contents. The valuable and interesting beginnings of Pharmacy, and its development through various nations are retained. The expansion in Pharmacy Education through the significant increase in number of Pharmacy Schools from the 1990s to date is highlighted. The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has arranged a Suitable Orientation Programme for foreign-trained pharmacy graduates. High-quality postgraduate professional training programmes at the West African Post-graduate College of Pharmacists (WAPCP) are run, covering the West Africa Sub-region. A few of the country's drug manufacturing companies have attained WHO high-standard quality drug production status. There is increased availability of Standardized Modern Traditional Herbal Medicine. Nigerian Government Regulatory Bodies, such as PCN and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, are in control of Pharmacy Education and Practice. The list goes on. Obtain a copy, and enjoy it.

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Professor Philip F. Olurinola is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Microbiology. He lectured for over 40 years at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa, and the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. While at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, he headed the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Microbiology (1985 - 1991) and was also Dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences (1988 - 1992). He was the pioneer dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria (2010 – 2012). He has over 90 academic, research, and professional articles in journals and conference proceedings, with a Manual of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, 1996 (for the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Abuja, Nigeria).Dr Olufunke D. Akin-Ajani is an Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics at the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, where she serves as the current Acting Head. She obtained her first degree (BPharm) from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, and her MSc and PhD from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. She started her academic career at the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. She has been an academician/ researcher for over 2 decades and is a Fellow of the West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists. Her research focus is on drug formulation, excipient development, and drug delivery.

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