Mojisola Adeyeye

Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye
Director General, NAFDAC
Assumed office
3 November 2017
Preceded byAdemola Andrew Magbojuri
Personal details
NationalityNigerian
SpouseProf Olusola Adeyeye
Alma materUniversity of Nigeria, Nsukka
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
OccupationPharmacist

Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye is a Nigerian pharmacist and professor.[1][2] She was appointed the Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on 3 November 2017 by the President of The Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari.[3] Before her appointment as NAFDAC boss, she was the founding Chair of Biopharmaceutical Sciences and a Professor of Pharmaceutics, Manufacturing Science and Drug Product Evaluation at the College of Pharmacy, Roosevelt University in Schaumburg, Illinois, where she spent 7 years.[4] She was also a Professor of Pharmaceutics and Manufacturing for 21 years at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She is Senior Fulbright Scholar and Specialist and 2008 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Fellow (the first African woman fellow). She is also a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science and Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy.[4] Her research interests are in the areas of pre-formulation, early phase development of solid, semisolid and liquid dosage forms, and IND-based and intellectual property-driven late phase drug product development.[5] She is the founder and President of Elim Pediatric Pharmaceuticals Rolling Meadows, Illinois.[6] Through Duquesne University, she was able to develop an anti-retroviral (HIV/AIDS) pediatric fixed-dose combination and received intellectual property on the formulations in the UK and South Africa.[7]

  1. ^ "Buhari appoints Adeyeye as new NAFDAC DG". Punchng.com. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Buhari appoints Adeyeye as NAFDAC DG - The Nation Nigeria". Thenationonlineng.net. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Buhari appoints Adeyeye as new NAFDAC DG". Punch Newspapers. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  4. ^ a b "Director General's Page – NAFDAC". Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  5. ^ "Director General NAFDAC".
  6. ^ "DIRECTOR GENERAL'S PAGE". www.nafdac.gov.ng.
  7. ^ "Moji Adeyeye: Another Woman on The NAFDAC Block". 16 November 2017.