THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPUTERIZED STANDARD APPRAISAL SYSTEM FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS (A CASE STUDY OF NAFDAC NIGERIA)

ABSTRACT

In Nigeria, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has the mandate to regulate and control the manufacture, importation, exportation, distribution, advertisement, sale and use of Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, Medical Devices, Chemical, Packaged Water and other drinks. This project work researched into the procedures and criteria involved in the appraisal of pharmaceutical products by NAFDAC Nigeria. Drugs and other pharmaceutical products are specialized commodities to be used in critical situations. As such, quality of such products must be assured at all times. This is where a computerized appraisal system for pharmaceutical products comes to play. This project work helps the Agency achieve their aim with ease. This design is more accurate and reliable it will try to bring in techniques of modern operations into the computerization of the pharmaceutical products appraisal. Due to inevitable constraints, this work is restricted to a particular product in terms of the program design.

ORGANIZATION OF THE WORK

The chapters are organized as follows:

Chapter One: It talks about the background of the case study, the reasons for this project, the problem associated with the case study, the area which this project will cover if completed and the assumption with the definition of forms used in the project.

Chapter Two: Reviews certain things said by some authors concerning computerization of pharmaceutical product appraisal.

Chapter Three: Deals with the description and analysis of the existing system.

Chapter Four: Talks about the design of the new system i.e computerization and low modification of the existing system.

Chapter Five: Describe the implementation of the new system and how it works.

Chapter Six: Talks about the documentation of the entire system

Chapter Seven: Finally describes or talks on the conclusion and recommendation of the project work.