Sri Lanka facing shortage of 150 essential drugs; govt looking to boost local production

Sri Lanka is still facing a shortage of more than 150 essential medicines due to forex shortages while the Ministry of Health expects to increase local medicine production by 30 percent in the coming two years, officials said.

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