Pharmacognosy

PHARMACOGNOSY

The Faculty of Pharmacy was incepted as a School in the College of Medicine, University of Lagos in 1980. The foundation units, Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology and the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmacognosy were created by Senate of the University in 1980. The two departments were then based in the School of Basic Medical Sciences. Given the necessary interactions between the University of Lagos and the Pharmacy Board of Nigeria (now Pharmacists Council of Nigeria), that is, the regulatory Body in charge of Pharmacy education, there were developments in terms of infrastructure, teaching aids, academic staff, curriculum and programme expansion and research facilities. The School was later restructured into 4 departments viz: Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmacognosy, Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology and the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Biopharmacy. The School was officially recognized by the Pharmacy Board in May 1984 as an academic institution authorized by the Laws of the Land to train and graduate degree holders in Pharmacy in line with the appropriate tenets of the University of Lagos. The School of Pharmacy produced it’s first Bachelor of Pharmacy graduates in September 1984. Further developments within the School continued, and with the assistance of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, the School attained the status of a Full-fledged Faculty of the University of Lagos in 2003. The philosophy of the Faculty is to ensure the establishment of standard and quality Pharmacy education which, the student must acquire to enable him/her give adequate professional competence for the various pharmaceutical services: �Procurement, storage, dispensing of drugs, preparation, compounding, packaging of drugs and medicaments and monitoring drug utilization by patients. �Educating patients concerning appropriate use of their prescription and non-prescription medication, providing drug information to other health professionals e.g. veterinarians and physicians; �Collecting and evaluating data from the patients, other health care professionals, the literature and past experience as an aid to drug therapy judgment, reviewing scientific publications in order to maintain and add to acquired professional knowledge. �Participating in drug and pharmaceutical production and quality assurance in the industries. �Participating in Good Clinical Practice, Public Health Pharmacy, Industrial Management and Business Administration.

The Faculty of Pharmacy realizes its vision by endeavoring to provide the society in Egypt, Arab countries and other parts of the world with qualified pharmacy graduates capable of meeting the challenges of the rapidly evolving pharmacy profession in the 21st century and market demands. Such challenges involve commitment of the pharmacist to the provision of pharmaceutical patient care and drug information, in addition to the legally responsible provision of medication. This is in collaboration with other members of the health team both in the community pharmacy settings and the organized health institutions. It also involves a public health role with active participation of pharmacists in formulating the National Drug Policy, health promotion, health protection, disease prevention and control. Further, it involves establishing an interactive partnership with the pharmaceutical industry.

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