EMDEX (Essential Medicines InDEX) is the most commonly used reference source of drug and therapeutic information by healthcare professionals in Nigeria. It is the largest and up-to-date source of information on drug products approved for use in Nigeria by NAFDAC (National Agency for Food & Drug Administration & Control).
Vision
EMDEX Limited is Nigeria’s Leading Drug Information Company established to entrench rational drug use amongst the healthcare practitioners at every level of our healthcare delivery system for the ultimate good of the patient.
Mission
Our Mission is to promote rational use of medicines through provision of independent drug information, and use of clinical guidelines and essential medicines list.
Objectives
We do this by:
Continually achieving international standards in the business of publishing and dissemination of drug information
Constantly updating our references and company-sourced information
Use of experts in relevant areas and widening of the scope of our publications to meet the expectations of the diverse healthcare providers.
Some of our institutional clients
Our current EMDEX titles include: EMDEX Vol. 1 (Drug Information for Healthcare Professionals), EMDEX Vol. 2 (Nurses’ Reference), EMDEX Vol. 3 (Drug Comparisons & Therapeutic Details), EMDEX Paediatric Drug Guide (EPDG) and EMDEX RapidRx – Quarterly Evidence-based Drug Therapy Management Newsletter. The EMDEX Mobile App which was launched in 2018 already has over 60,000 downloads across 171 countries. EMDEX database covers over 15,200 drug brands.
Prints in circulation
100000
+
Mobile app downloads
10000
+
Brand coverage
1000
+