Why it is on record
First Nigerian pharmaceutical company to manufacture intravenous fluids (1990s); one of the principal indigenous producers of injectable formulations.
Founders
Dr Ifeanyi Okoye (b. 1957, Enugu State).
Headquarters
35 Nkwubor Road, Emene, Enugu State; second plant at Awka.
Deep dive
Juhel Nigeria Limited, founded in 1986 in Enugu by Pharm. Ifeanyi Atueyi (sometimes recorded as Dr Ifeanyi Okoye), is the first indigenous Nigerian manufacturer of intravenous fluids at scale and one of the largest indigenous pharma manufacturers headquartered in the South-East. Its Awka plant produces antibiotics, antimalarials, IV fluids and oncology generics.