AS
controversy continues to trail the alleged discovery of a drug for the cure of
HIV/AIDS by the Dean of School of Basic Medical Sciences of the University of
Benin, Prof. Isaiah Ibeh, the authorities of the institution, yesterday, in
Benin, faulted the dean’s claims.
Prof. Ibeh had, in a recent interview,
hinted of the discovery of an oral drug made from plants extraction in Nigeria
for the possible cure of the pandemic HIV/AIDS.
Reacting
to Prof. Ibeh’s claim during an interaction with newsmen who were at the
university to authenticate the alleged discovery, Provost, College of Medical
Sciences of the University, Prof. Vincent Iyawe, said the institution was not
in agreement with Prof. Ibeh’s claim for now, alleging that the
University was, “not carried along” in the research.
He said: “The School would like to
take credit for a break- through, but it cannot align with the breakthrough
because the College was not consulted, the University was not consulted, and he
did not carry anybody along.
“There are protocols and procedures.
Going from stage to stage, we ought to give it clinical trials, by taking it to
the Federal Ministry of Health to do clinical trials and many other things
involved. We also needed to take it to National Agency for Food, Drug Administration
and Control, NAFDAC, and many other things had to be done before you come out
with your claims, in addition to taking it to World Health Organisation.”
He said all the university was doing
was to protect Prof. Ibeh and the integrity of the institution.
Source:
Vanguard
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