Informa Market, organisers of the Medic West Africa exhibition, in collaboration with the Medical Laboratory Council of Nigeria (MLSCN), will be launching Medlab West Africa exhibition/Pharmaconex in Lagos, Nigeria, come April 2024.
Speaking with a cross-section of the press during a pre-launch media parley on Tuesday at Radisson Blu, Ikeja, Lagos, Exhibition Manager, Medic West Africa and Medlab West Africa, Mr Amogh Wadwalkar, said the launch will be an innovative addition to the prestigious Medic West Africa exhibition, which has since become an international rallying point for the biggest manufacturers and service providers in the healthcare sector in West Africa and beyond.
“Medic West Africa has been the leading healthcare event in Nigeria and we are looking forward to adding two more healthcare events here in Lagos at Landmark exhibition centre next year April to produce two full weeks of healthcare innovation”, he said.
Delivering his keynote address, Deputy Registrar, of MLSCN, Dr Donald Ofili, said the intention is to make Medlab West Africa an entirely independent event, as it was last year unveiled as a component of the Medic West Africa exhibition.
“You will recall that in September, we launched the Medlab West Africa 2023 as a component of Medic West Africa that has been holding in Nigeria the last 10 years and you will agree with me that it has been a huge success – It’s the largest gathering of Medical laboratory professionals in Nigeria, till date. But 2024 is going to be huge because we have a single component this time around, different from Medic West Africa. It’s going to be the largest gathering of Medlab professionals across the West African sub region. So we’ll be seeing professionals from Niger, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal visit us here in the city of Lagos”, he said.
Dr Odfili further stated that, as an agency of government, the MLSCN is collaborating with Informa Market to create value in the Nigerian healthcare sector through innovative ideas and partnerships that would unlock the problem-solving potentials of stakeholders in the sector for optimal performance.
He said, “The MLSCN collaborating with Informa markets to hold the Medlab West Africa 2024 is an initiative seeking to unlock immeasurable potential of the medical laboratory sector and why do I say so? Considering the state of health sector in Nigeria, it is imperative to fashion a new direction to enable the sector to live up to expectation. It’s a time for bringing new ideas in terms of advocacy, in terms of research, and in terms of exhibition.”
Ofili also described the interest of MLSCN in this collaboration thus: “Our mission as a council is to be the best within the region and of course, ensure that our stakeholders are aware of what we’re doing as a council. So, this collaboration is going to be very impactful in terms of reaching out to stakeholders to ensure that we have the right environment to practice as a profession, the right environment for stakeholders to do business in terms of IVDs, of course the right environment for this kind of interaction among professionals.”
Shedding more light on the Pharmaconex exhibition, which also comes up next year, Content Manager, Informa Market, Mr Ramy El Feky, said the exhibition will attract over 2000 visitors and 100 exhibitors.
“Pharmaconex exhibition is Africa’s pharmaceutical manufacturing hub connecting the entire pharmaceutical supply chain. Organised by Informa’s healthcare portfolio and in association with CPHI, the world’s leading Pharma exhibition, Pharmaconex West Africa will officially launch into the West African region in Lagos, Nigeria, in April 2024. Providing a comprehensive platform for the pharmaceutical community, Pharmaconex West Africa is said to host 2000 visitors and feature 100 exhibitors from across the entire pharmaceutical value chain.”
Medlab West Africa and Pharmaconex will hold at the Landmark Centre, Lagos from 22 – 24 April, 2024.
