AnalysisGovernment is resuscitating its plans for a state-owned pharmaceutical company and is preparing to announce a new partner in the project. And what happened to Ketlaphela, the state-owned pharmaceutical manufacturer announced in 2012 to develop API manufacturing capacity in the country? The South African backstorySince the transition to democracy in 1994, the ANC has routinely expressed its commitment to local pharmaceutical production, state pharmaceutical production and API production to improve medicine availability, supply security and national self-sufficiency. Government efforts to promote local pharmaceutical production typically refers to the use of incentives and protections to promote private local companies. Government efforts to promote local pharmaceutical production typically refers to the use of incentives and protections to promote private local companies.

Source: News 24 June 06, 2020 08:56 UTC