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Eneoyo pharmacy nig ltd is a new community/retail pharmacy in Lagos. It is growing and innovating with modern trends. It want to cater for the needs of the community around and beyond. You can get prescription products by visiting them at 50, command road, Ipaja, Lagos State, Nigeria or make online order through the app. Emeoyo pharmacy  Emeoyo Pharmacy: Your Trusted Partner in Health and Wellness Maintaining good health is a priority for everyone. With numerous options available, finding a reliable and trustworthy pharmacy is crucial. Look no further than Emeoyo Pharmacy – your dedicated partner in health and wellness. Personalized Care Emeoyo Pharmacy stands out for its commitment to personalized care. Our experienced and friendly staff take the time to understand your unique health needs, ensuring you receive tailored advice and support with every visit. Whether you have questions about medications, need guidance on supplements, or seek general health advice, we are here for you...

Intaila offers pharmacy inventory management software with a customer app, accessible through modern browsers like Google Chrome and Firefox. The cloud-based solution is connected to all pharmacies using Intaila software, enabling customers to shop, place orders, receive discounts and bonuses, and get invoices. Intaila app  Intaila app is connected to all pharmacy using intaila software. It is use to shop for product, place orders, get discount and bonus and also provide invoice to customers. Intaila App Download You can download Intaila app for free as a customer. There are few ways of downloading it. Unfortunately, you cannot side load it from external website. Read Also :  Uploading documents to NYSC portal Intaila App Download For Android There are currently 2 method. Method 1 1. Open your browser 2.  Search for "Intaila." 3.  Go to the Intaila download page link . 4. Click on the website link . 5. Select Google Play Store. 6.  Download and proceed with the ...

Stealing is a big problem in community pharmacy. Burglars come at night to steal accessories and control drugs. Shoplifters target money, phones and expensive supplements. Staff can steal anything within their reach. Stealing by staff According to a survey, burglars and shoplifters account for about 55 percent of theft in a community pharmacy. You may be surprised to find the other 45 percent are from the pharmacy staff. That calls for great concern. Read Also :  How To Secure A Community Pharmacy Shop But with my experience in community pharmacy, the statistic may be flawed. This is because most theft carried out by shoplifters may be blamed on the staff. Maybe due to carelessness or when the thief was not found and the theft happens during the shift of a staff. Most staff that attempt to steal always succeed. This is because they know the security protocol of the pharmacy. Hence, they know how to bypass it and avoid getting caught. How Staffs Steal Cash Increase Selling Price The...

Community Pharmacy Franchise The Nigerian International Franchising Association (NIFA) defines franchising as a business arrangement whereby the franchisor grants the franchise operator (the "franchisee") the right to distribute certain products or services in a particular way, at a particular location and for specified periods of time. In return, the franchisee pays the franchisor fees and royalties. Franchise Definition A franchise simply refers to a situation whereby you or any other individual or group pays money to a company to enable them to use the company’s name, brand, and trademark to do business. Examples of successful franchises in Nigeria include Chicken Republic, Domino Pizza, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), NNPC, Best Western Hotels etc. Read Also:  Success Tips For Community (Retail) Pharmacy Practice However, the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion Act, Chapter N62, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 ("NOTAP Act") regulates t...

Community pharmacy is a shop where health services are rendered. It is the first health facility many sick people go to for solutions and healthy individuals visit for health advice. They make the money from sales of drugs and rendering of services such as minor laboratory investigations like blood pressure monitors. Profit in community pharmacy The business aspect is lucrative and profitable in Nigeria. However, the profit between two community pharmacies is not the same even if they make the same sales. Read Also :  The Cost Of Starting A Community Pharmacy At Different Location In Nigeria There is no standard mark-up for sales of products and rendering of services. Every community pharmacy uses their own mark-up. This affects how the profit for that center is compared to another. Another problem is that some community pharmacies don't even use mark-up. They just fix prices depending on their perception of the product or service and the community perception of it. Also the cost o...

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) is a federal government board that is responsible for the regulation of the education of pharmacy students, pharmacists as well as drug and related products. It was established in the 90s. Read Also:   Function Of Units And Departments In PCN Office As a body, it sometimes enters into contracts with contractors in the fulfillment of its mandate. Some of them include building PCN structure, supply of equipment and tools for the office, supply of equipment for laboratory works and many others. To be able to partner with PCN, they set out guidelines for whoever wants to. This is made easy to enable seamless operation. Whenever PCN wants a contract, they can send out invites and the lucky binder gets the contract. If you are interested, this is for you. Guidelines How To Be PCN Contractor 1. Contractor's Registration form will be released upon payment of non-refundable fee of one Thousand Naira (₦1,000.00) only, in cash /bank draft to which the ...

Patent and proprietary medicine vendors (PPMV)popularly known as chemists are the most distributed supply of healthcare services in Nigeria. They can be found in almost every village and city. They are concentrated in villages where the services of community pharmacy are not easily accessible. Read Also :  Services Patent Medicine Vendors (Chemists) Should Not Render PPMV are regulated by the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN). Every ppmv must be registered with PCN before it can begin operations. And every PPMV must continually adhere to regulation as they are modified every time. PCN regulation of PPMV In addition to the licencing or registration, PCN have the mandate to monitor the activities of PPMV. They do this by going around periodically. Any PPMV that fails to keep to the regulation can be worn or sealed. They can only unseal it by doing the right thing and lifting the seal by visiting PCN. Pharmaceutical Inspectors The pharmaceutical Inspectors are a group of individual...

Gregory University Gregory university (GU) is a private university in Uturu, abia state of Nigeria. It is owned by Pope Gregory I and founded in 2012. Some say it is the fastest growing university in Africa. The teaching hospital is currently under construction. Read Also :  Subject in Pharmacy Pharmacy programme with a doctor of pharmacy (Pharm D) degree was launched sometime last year. It is like they are yet to have their first year pharmacy student due to Covid-19 pandemic. However, it has not been accredited. Mode Of Admission Gregory university accepts three modes of admission into their school. They are through joint admission and matriculation board (JAMB), Pre-degree and Direct entry (DE) JAMB Admission Process Candidates seeking enrolment into Gregory university must pass five O'level subjects in not more than two sittings. They include English language, mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology. In addition to that, they must pass unitary tertiary matriculation examina...

Nurse and Midwives Nursing is one of the health professions in Nigeria. Job opportunities are high within and outside Nigeria. The salary is average worldwide and command respect. With these many benefits come the difficult part. To become a professional nurse, you must be formally educated in an approved school of nursing. There are two types of school of nursing. They have their one advantage and mode of admission. University School Of Nursing (BNSc) Most universities in Nigeria offer nursing courses under a five years period programme. It leads to the award of registered nurse (RN) certificate, registered midwifery (RM)/registered public health nurse (RPHN) and bachelor of nursing science (BNSc). Read Also:   School of nursing in Nigeria To be eligible to enrol in a university, you need five credit passes in English language, mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology/health sciences from O'level. Some universities accept not more than two sittings while the strict ones accept ...

Nursing school If you want to study nursing, this post is right for you. It lists the schools of nursing and their associated certificate. It is broken down into the type of programme and the school. Bachelor of nursing science (BNSc) is studied in university. Registered nurse (RN) and registered midwifery (RM) in college or school of nursing and midwifery respectively. Read Also :  Books given to NYSC members Programmes 1. Basic Midwifery 2. Basic Nursing 3. Post Basic Pediatric Nursing 4. Post Basic Perioperative Nursing 5. Post Basic Occupational Health Nursing 6. Post Basic Intensive Care Nursing 7. Post Basic Ear, Nose and Throat Nursing 8. Dept. of Nursing- BNSc Bachelor Of Nursing Science (BNSc) Below is the list of universities that run BNSc in federal, state and private universities. The list also includes the status of accreditation and admission quota. Federal University With BNSc (Department Of Nursing, DON) Name Of School And Year accredited 1. Nnamdi Azikiwe Universit...

Ozoro polytechnic Pharmacy is a science course. It is regulated by the pharmacists council of Nigeria (PCN). Pharmacy programme runs for a period of five or six years. It leads to the award of bachelor of pharmacy (B Pharm) or doctor of pharmacy (Pharm D). Read Also :  Pharmacy school in Nigeria The PCN have accredited some faculties of pharmacy in Nigeria universities. These include federal, state and private universities. There are many faculties of pharmacy not yet accredited by PCN. Pharmacy In Polytechnic As at 2021, the PCN has not approved any polytechnic or college of education for the award of pharmacy degree. However, there is a course called pharmacy technician in major school or college of health technology. They award ordinary national diplomas (OND) for pharmacy technicians. That is not all. Some polytechnics in Nigeria run a pharmaceutical technology programme. This led to the award of OND and higher national diploma (HND) in pharmaceutical technology. The programme ...

ESUT logo The Enugu state university of science and technology (ESUT) is a tertiary institution that began as ASUTECH on July 30, 1980. The name change took effect with the birth of Enugu state from Anambra state in 1991. Vision to be the premier university in Africa in capacity development that promotes services to the society through gradually teaching, research and community service. Read Also :  Madonna University pharmacy review Mission To promote scholarship, especially in the areas of science, management and technology thereby ensuring the development of quality manpower that will utilise technology for the service of society. Pharmacy In ESUT Pharmacy in ESUT is very new. So therefore, information about the programme is still not stable. ESUT pharmacy accepts three modes of admission. They are joint admission and matriculation board (JAMB) unitary tertiary matriculation examination (UTME), direct entry and pre-degree. JAMB UTME Candidates who wish to study pharmacy in ESUT ...

COOU Pharmacy Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu university (COOU) is a state tertiary institution located in ULI, a town in Anambra state, Nigeria. It was founded in 2000 with the name Anambra State University (ANSU). It once changed its name from Anambra state university of science and technology in 2004. Current name was coin after the death of chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. It started with two campuses but presently has three. Pharmacy In COOU The faculty of pharmacy is located in the igbariam campus. The faculty of pharmacy in COOU is very new. It has not yet been given accreditation by the pharmacist council of Nigeria, PCN. However, given the fact that most of the other programmes in COOU got accreditation pretty fast, one should expect same pace with pharmacy programme. It currently has three sets of students with the pandemic slowing down the academic calendar. COOU accepts three modes of admission into the programme. They are joint admission and matriculation board (JAMB) Unified tert...

A happy customer is a future customer. That is why community pharmacists must make every customer that walked right into the pharmacy floor happy before leaving. Although this is not feasible but make majority of customers say something positive about the pharmacy. It can go a long way in helping shut up the unhappy customers bad mouthing the business. Because a happy customer will tell one person about the pharmacy. On the other hand, an unhappy customer will tell 10 people while the pharmacy is not good. Read Also : How to succeed in community or retail pharmacy business It usually starts from a little misunderstanding. Some to the level of questioning your level of intelligence, years of practice, your profession and maybe your parentage. Some will get very vocal and even violent to the point of asking for police. Some of the major cause of these alterations is when an insurance company deny a customer a drug because it is no longer covered or price is too expensive. A very com...

Buying A Retail Pharmacy Shop The desire of many pharmacist in Nigeria is to own a community or retail pharmacy. There are two choices when a pharmacist wants to start one; buy an existing one or start from the scratch. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. The decision rest on many factors that need to be considered. Buying can be favourable in certain situation so too starting from scratch. Read Also :  How Community Pharmacy Owners Can Succeed Buying A Retail Pharmacy Shop People who wants to sell their shop do it either because the business is no longer profitable to their taste or they are changing business or location or they are in urgent need of money. It is important to consider the reason the owner wants to sell. They may not open up on the main reason especially if it is the first reason. That is because a buyer will negotiate a low price or quit. They will want to say the later two are the main reason for selling it. That does not mean that a good man...