Govt to reduce importation of medicines and medical supplies
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Govt to reduce importation of medicines and medical supplies
THE government is planning to attain a 60 per cent internal production capacity of pharmaceutical products in the country come 2025, a move which is aimed to reduce importation of medicines and medical supplies, the House heard yesterday.
Deputy Minister for Industry and Trade Exaud Kigahe said this when responding to a basic question by Singida Urban MP Musa Sima (CCM) who sought to know the government’s strategies to establish pharmaceutical factories in the country in order to reduce importation of the products .