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Lagos — Following the report by some national dailies yesterday, claiming that a Nigerian Scientist, Dr Louis Obyo Nelson, has discovered a cure for Diabetes Mellitus, said to be number six killer disease in the world, Pharmaceutical society of Nigeria (PSN) yesterday, expressed reservations abou 4 the claim.
The reports noted that Nelson had been granted a United States of America's (USA) patent entitled "Medicament for the Treatment of Diabetes," and that in 2003, there was a confirmation from the USA Patent Office that indeed a patent had been made out to the Nigerian scientist.
The report further claimed that an agreement had been signed between Nelson and GDPAU, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, for the commercialisation of an Antidiabetic Phaytopharmaceutical in Abuja, that the drug would contribute to the quality of health care all over the world and boost the economy of Nigeria.
The drug the report claimed had been administered on many diabetic victims and found to be safe and effective by correcting the erectile dysfunction noticed in the victims.
National President, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Mr Anthony Akhimiem, has expressed reservation over any claim that a cure has been finally secured for the treatment of diabetes.
Akhimiem, while speaking on phone, expressed doubt over such claim, saying medicine is still battling with solution to the disease and the condition can only be managed but not cured.
He said, "diabetes occur due to excess sugar in the system which the body cannot make use of, diabetes develops due to diminished production of insulin, diabetes has been managed through insulin injection, but there is no cure for the disease."
When reminded that an American company had already indicated interest to partner with Nelson for commercial production of the drug, Akhimiem said, it had not been proven that the drug is capable of curing diabetes, insisting that the drug had to go through clinical trial in which it would be first administered on animals and then human beings.
According to him, after the clinical trial, if it was found that the drug does not have any side effect by destroying the kidney or liver and other body organs, it is then one could claim that the drug is potent.
According to reports, the drug had received the nods of WHO and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), over which the final licence is to be issued after the final rounds of clinical trials were concluded.
A representative of GDPAU, Professor Ramesh Pandey, described the drug as one of the greatest to come out of Africa and would go a long way in helping to launder the image of Nigeria. He commended researchers in the country, describing them as one of the best in the world.
While commenting on the new discovery, Minister of State for Health, Dr Aliyu Idi Hong, said the drug would expand the landscape of medicine in the world and also encourage more researchers to go into herbal drugs.
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I find this hard to believe. I am an American health care professional. There is no Diabetic cure here that we know about.
Diet, medications (oral and Insulin) and tracking blood sugars is what is controlling this disease.
I would love for there to be a cure. Perhaps in the future. If this person is truly discovering better treatment/cure options for for Diabetes, wonderful!!! It will be all over the worldwide media and known to everyone worldwide. I came across this news story quite by accident. This is the first I have heard of this. Be careful!!!!
No need to argue over this. Why is the Nigerian Government not playing this on the world stage to enable tests and to confirm if it is a cure or not. There are millions of sufferers looking for this shouldn't anyone anywhere in the the world be interested no matter where it comes from?.
You are negative, you just heard about it, what you mean to say is you do not believe it, not that you find it hard to believe. Stating you are an American Health Care Professional and have not heard about it is a pretty dumb statement. I am an American Citizen,I have been to every state in the USA, I have never heard of you, so what?
The patent is real The law firm who wrote it is real GDPAU is real The clinicals are real
All you have written is what every school child infected knows already, but like you say perhaps in the future...but certainly not now....what are you afraid of.
Congratulations to Obyuo, as your name go down in history. It is high time we begin to take responsibility for our selves instead of waiting for the caucacians to do it for us, one thing we have to realize is that the cure for any desease is usually around the same environment where the disease is present. Why do you think malaria still kills in Africa? Answer: Because there is no existence of malaria in the western world.Our leaders need to invest in research to combat a lot of these diseases that claim millions of lives everyday just like we have recently seen in Zimbabwe where people are dying because of lack of clean water.
congratulations: is the discovery of the century, when a great discovery is done many scientist try to no give honor to the reality but we siks of diabetes any hope is good for us. I EXPECT NEWS WHEN TTHIS PHARMACO WAS AT MARKET, only a diabetic knows what he feel with this sikness, all my support for this doctor, the world will give you all the honors thanks.