Yemisi Izuora Traditional medicine practitioners in the southwest are meeting in Lagos state in the first step toward launching of a nationwide clinical verification that will authenticate and certify various local medicines in the country. This follows a Memorandum of Understanding recently endorsed by the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, with the Nigerian Council of Physicians of Natural Medicine, NCPNM, to establish collaborations and cooperation between the two bodies for the search and development of Nigerian indigenous natural medicinal products with potential health and economic benefits. The national president of NCPNM, professor Magnus Atilade said the practitioners would be…